Word: barriere
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...PHYSICAL BARRIER (condom) used by the man to prevent meeting of sperm and ovum...
...PHYSICAL BARRIER used by the woman in hopes of closing off the mouth of the womb. Some devices (not the diaphragm) previously recommended by physicians are now generally condemned as likely to cause disease...
...Jackie Robinson, at 41 greying and 15 lbs. over his best playing weight of 215, onetime (1939-40) star halfback at U.C.L.A., longtime (1947-56) first baseman, second baseman, third baseman and outfielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Negro who first breached the major leagues' color barrier. Since he quit baseball, Robinson has been a vice president in charge of labor relations for Chock Full O'Nuts Corp., an eatery chain and coffee company with a high proportion of Negro employees. Doubling as a Post columnist, Jackie has been chock full o' zeal and sometimes chock...
...Cannes, skindivers soar around beds of jeweled coral-reds, violets, purples, yellows-in pursuit of sea bass and mullet. In Australia they prowl the caverns of the1,250-mile Great Barrier Reef, or play tag with the gregarious seals that frolic off Carnac Island. Near London, divers happily muddle through the ooze of a dank lake in Black Park...
...years ago Pope John broke through the old barrier by raising the number to 74; his latest appointments make it 85, with more red hats rumored in the offing...