Word: barriere
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...transplanted is questionable. There is little doubt that the U.S. press faces something of a crisis of confidence, and the Twentieth Century group obviously felt that the council could help overcome it; the task-force report argued that the absence of an independent appraisal process was a "barrier to credibility" for the press. But the council's own credibility and authority will be an issue, and will heavily depend on press cooperation. Some newsmen greeted the announcement with surprise, others with hostility. Though John Oakes, editorial page editor of the New York Times, was among the report...
Perhaps the best known player making the grid team is halfback Dick Jauron of Yale. Jauron, the first Eli to crack the 1000-yard barrier, gained 1055 in the Elis' nine-game season. He won the Harry Agganis Award as the top football player in New England...
...prevent ideological diversion. It will be a great menace to us, and we must counteract it vigorously and vigilantly." In East Germany, even as the government was negotiating the inter-German treaty with Bonn last month, its police were installing deadly new electronic devices along the East-West barrier that would fire automatically at would-be escapees...
...past seven years, the 1000 mark on the Dow Jones industrial average has become a kind of mystical barrier in the minds of investors. The market's most closely watched barometer began flirting with 1000 as early as January 1966, but it always fell back without closing above that figure-to the chagrin of Wall Streeters who hoped that a widely ballyhooed breakthrough would give a big boost to public confidence in the market and usher in a new era of prosperity for the securities business. Last week, however, the Dow finally crashed through. On Tuesday it closed...
Still I once did publically root for a Yale. Because he was my student, of course. Last September as Frank Shorter entered the stadium en route to Olympic triumph. I allowed a passionate phrase to escape the barrier of my teeth. It was something pithy along the lines of "go" or "rah." I forget exactly what, since the moment is enveloped in high emotion. I think Frank deserved this encouragement because he had beaten the world--though he could never beat Harvard. Indeed I had countless times watched Doug Hardin '68 whip his ass in H.Y. competition. But Hardin retired...