Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They had a key that opened the heavy, studded oak door, and another key to unlock the steel grill barrier just inside...
Distances & Delights. Chief problem for Europeans is the language barrier. The Japanese don't expect to communicate in anything but English, but most Continentals can get along in at least one other language besides their own, and it comes as a shock to find the Americans so relentlessly monolingual. The cash value of tourism, though, is bound to engender more linguistic proficiency. In only a year's time, New York City's Newtom Commuting Corp., has built up a booming hired-car service around the idea of having polylingual chauffeurs, who pick up foreigners at the airport...
...their hands, the brothers vaulted one row of wire, then another, finally the third. Luckily, the guards' backs were turned. Only one shot was fired-and that by a young West Berlin woman who excitedly snapped her camera (see cut) just as the two successfully hurdled the final barrier to freedom in the West...
...real question involved, he said, is not a matter of saving a few feet or a few trees, but rather: "Shall access to the riverbank be maintained for Cantabridgians, shall play and recreation areas be preserved, will the present planting of trees be preserved or will a barrier be created between the residents of Cambridge and their waterfront...
...bought the world's largest railroad-owned computer to direct freight and handle accounting. Result: in 1963's expanding economy, after a monotonous downgrade run, C.P.R.'s earnings rose 24% to $40.1 million, the highest since 1957. Canadian Pacific Airlines also broke through the profit barrier to earn $350,000 in 1963 largely because of a wise investment in five DC-8 jets; even Canadian Pacific's hotels earned...