Word: barriere
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...crew of 12, so they improvised. They barred anyone from standing up without permission for the remaining three hours of the flight. Passengers who asked to go to the bathroom were searched and their pockets emptied. The crew checked the passports of male passengers. A flight attendant created a barrier in front of the cockpit and stood guard...
Rather than erecting a barrier that will lead to an abdication of its responsibility—particularly to its female students— the College should provide mandatory training for all Ad Board members, or simply construct a new board that consists of informed, experienced, and highly trained individuals who will be capable and prepared decision-makers...
...Institute at the U.K.'s University of East Anglia. "This certainly happened in Britain two years ago [when the country endured widespread flooding during the wettest autumn on record], and I suspect it will now happen in Central Europe." The residents of Prague have certainly learned their lesson. A barrier similar to the mobile floodwall that was assembled around the Old Town's perimeter had also been planned for the Malá Strana district, which was severely damaged last week. But 18 months of bickering between the city and the various authorities in charge of protecting its architectural and cultural...
State investigators, who in mid-July were tipped off to the eerie coincidence, caution that it is too early to come to any conclusions. The fear, however, is that chronic wasting disease, a mad cow-like illness that affects wild game, may have jumped the so-called species barrier. The fatal disease, which makes animals listless, has been endemic in Colorado herds for decades and was spotted in Wisconsin deer in February. Particularly worrisome is the fact that the illness is caused by infectious agents called prions that are not destroyed by cooking...
...Prevailing winds carry the backfire toward the fire line. Everything in between is burned, creating a wide, fuel-free barrier that, with luck, the approaching fire cannot cross