Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week's move was just a small step toward making the ruble freely convertible to other currencies, a process that will have to be done gradually over many years to prevent disruptions in the Soviet Union's economy. The ruble's nonconvertibility has been a major barrier to East-West joint ventures...
...season opener against Columbia then added 29 more in limited action against the Crusaders for a total of 168 yards. That's nine ahead of number-two rusher Silas Myers (5 games, 46 carries, 159 yards). Only one other Harvard back, senior Art McMahon, has cracked the 100-yard barrier...
...recently as 1983, only eight states allowed full-time staff teachers to be hired without an undergraduate degree in education or classroom experience. Now 23 states have eased training and certification requirements, considered by many to be the most formidable and unnecessary barrier to attracting teaching talent. The result has been an influx of military retirees and career switchers from other professions -- some 2,500 in all during the 1987-88 school year. These recruits have helped reduce teacher shortages and have reinvigorated the classroom. Last spring Bush proposed $25 million in grants to encourage other states to follow suit...
...cruise ship from hell, Hugo hit the major ports of call in the islands, killing at least 28 people and causing more than $2 billion in property damage. After pausing to regain its strength, it slammed into Charleston, S.C., with 135-m.p.h. winds. Its swath embraced coastal resorts and barrier islands well into North Carolina, leveling seaside homes and leaving communities isolated and without power. Eleven people were killed, and insurance experts predicted that the covered damage costs may exceed $753 million, the record payout caused by Hurricane Frederic...
...fuzzy-logical inferences per sec. (FLIPS). And NASA is experimenting with fuzzy controllers that could help astronauts pilot the shuttle in earth orbit. The results so far, say NASA officials, are encouraging, and there is growing interest at such aerospace firms as Rockwell and Boeing. "The only barrier remaining" to wider use of fuzzy logic, says Kosko, "is the philosophical resistance of the West...