Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cushing coolly sailed up to the log barrier, examined it, then spun the wheel and headed across the river in order to get speed enough to drive the launch up over the logs. He came surging back in a hail of musket fire that tore off the sole of his left shoe and ripped out the back of his uniform. The boat breasted the logs and hung suspended, just 10 ft. from the muzzle of one of the ironclad's 8-in. guns. Carefully, Cushing lowered the torpedo into position and gently pulled the 25-ft. line that released...
...American Dental Association, investigators offer two tentative explanations: saliva has a protective effect, though whether this is brought about simply by washing away the cancer agent or by combating it chemically is not known; the tissues of the mouth are so constructed as to constitute a kind of "physiological barrier" against the entry of cancer agents...
...susceptible to cancer. These results are consistent with observed cases of human mouth cancer. Such cases are rare among both smokers and betel-nut chewers with good teeth. But they are relatively common in individuals with jagged teeth or ill-fitting dentures that may have worn through the "physiological barrier...
False Notion. Though North Carolina-born Dr. Ivey has kept his board out of the integration controversy, he has sold educators and politicians alike on the idea that "there is nothing more isolationist than our colleges, and there is no greater barrier to sound development than the generally accepted notion of institutional sovereignty." The board's biggest job ahead: a survey of the South to see what will be needed to meet the coming onrush of students...
...Fifth Amendment serves as an effective barrier against inquisitorial practices. American principles of fair play discountenance attempts to condemn a person by compelling him to disclose his own transgressions. Law enforcement agencies should be encouraged to gather independent evidence by exercising an appropriate degree of resourcefulness and industry. One should always feel uneasiness when people are penalized for exercising a privilege which a venerated provision of the Constitution affords them...