Word: barriere
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...case, the budget illustrates the vicious circle in which Government economic policy has been trapped. The surest way to reduce towering deficits would be to promote a faster recovery from recession than Reagan now foresees, but the deficits pose a daunting barrier to any vigorous rebound. For example, a further drop in interest rates is indispensable to a strong recovery. But the budget foresees the key 90-day rate on Treasury bills averaging 7.9% in 1984, about what it is now, because Government borrowing to cover the deficit will soak up too much money to permit any significant drop soon...
...nature of the Black experience and the Black perception of it in his classic book. The Souls of Black Folk, published at the beginning of this century. DuBois believed such Black men lived behind and within a veil. He described how his son was born behind the barrier, and how the almost immutable nature of the experience would give shape to the child's life. DuBois' description is in Victorian style, but his sentiment is stated clearly enough for the modern reader to understand...
Several minutes later, against all odds, she really seemed to have gone away. "Jill," said Jack through the barrier...
...Sudd, Arabic for barrier, is aptly named. Its central 7,000 sq. mi. are permanently clogged with reeds and papyrus and infested with 63 species of mosquito. From May to October, the White Nile floods and temporarily extends the swamp another 4,300 sq. mi. Says Daniel Yong, a member of the area's nomadic Dinka tribe and a Jonglei Canal project official: "In the rainy season there is water everywhere, but in the dry season you can die of thirst." The Sudd proved an obstacle to 19th century explorers, but today it is more of a hindrance...
...Assessments: "Lifelong retraining is expected to become the norm for many people." There is already considerable evidence that the schoolchildren now being educated in the use of computers are generally the children of the white middle class. Young blacks, whose unemployment rate stands today at 50%, will find another barrier in front of them...