Word: barriere
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...home outside Dallas. Such unease among black athletes is nonexistent on the field. For one reason, blacks equal or outnumber whites on some teams and account for about a third of the N.F.L.'s 1,100 players. For another, equality of position is accepted, quarterback, the last major barrier, has fallen with the Los Angeles Rams black starter James Harris. "It's a competitive game," says White, "and color isn't a factor...
...part of the left in Spain. The Christian Democrats, for example, are allied with the Socialists and the Communists in the new Common Front. The "moderate" Francoists hope to appeal to this new middle class, but thirty years of repression and the Spanish republican tradition place a serious barrier between those inside and outside the Franco regime...
...option placing all freshmen in the Yard, which would eliminate the four year Houses and force more sophomores to the Quad. Likewise, housing all freshmen in the Quad, another alternative, would leave only three-year Houses while incurring high conversion costs for making Houses in the Yard. This financial barrier also eliminates the otherwise attractive plan for 16 four-year Houses, which would cut enrollment and cost a prohibitive $20 million...
Mother and daughter converse through a glass partition that prevents them from touching, so they do the best they can. When their visits are over, Catherine Hearst kisses her own hand and then presses it to the glass. On the other side of the prison barrier, Patty Hearst does the same...
...adequate for ancient barges, but the embankments were 200 ft. apart, much wider than necessary for the water traffic of that day. The Israeli scientists think they know why. Writing in American Scientist, they point out that a wide channel would have made it an effective barrier against invaders from the east, a constant threat to ancient Egypt. In addition, it would have provided essential irrigation water. Could the ancient Egyptians have built such a great canal? Yes, say the geologists. After all, hundreds of years earlier the Egyptians had already tackled another project of comparable magnitude: the construction...