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Word: barriers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...held the line," associate director L. Fred Jewett '57 said yesterday, "even though breaking the $5000 term bill barrier is going to scare some people away...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: Final Rites Visited On '75 Class Choice | 4/17/1971 | See Source »

Water Cannon. The protests were timed to coincide with the Brussels meeting of the E.E.C.'s agricultural ministers. Behind a protective barrier of concertina wire, water cannon and heavily armed cops, the ministers are trying to thresh out solutions to the Common Market's troublesome agricultural crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMON MARKET: Pitchfork Power | 4/5/1971 | See Source »

...Street seers have been predicting an inevitable pause. But early last week, like a long-distance runner gaining a second wind, the market burst ahead with fresh energy. The Dow Jones industrial average posted its biggest daily gain of the year, leaping 9.86 points and closing above the psychological barrier of 900 for the first time in 21 months. For the week, the Dow rose 15 points to close at 913. Stocks on the American Exchange also made impressive gains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Second Wind | 3/29/1971 | See Source »

...Laos mission were originally defined. When the South Vietnamese troops first crossed the Laotian border on or about Feb. 8, their announced mission was to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines in the area. U. S. officials clearly hoped that the South Vietnamese would be able to create a barrier through the area that would halt the flow of communist reinforcements and supplies until the monsoon rains begin in early...

Author: By David I. Bruck, | Title: Laos Post-Mortem: Error Of Vietnamization Is Clear | 3/26/1971 | See Source »

Last Friday night, when I climbed up to find a seat in the second balcony of Boston Garden so that a female CRIMSON reporter could sit in my seat in the press box and break the Garden's sex barrier. I didn't think Harvard had a prayer in the world of beating B.U. Watching hockey from the top of the Garden is a little like watching a game on a small TV with the lower half of the screen blacked out, and I've been more excited about Bruins-Vancouver Canucks games than I was about seeing Harvard lose...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: On the Bench | 3/19/1971 | See Source »

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