Word: barriers
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...many states, though, age is no barrier to punishment. Twenty-seven do not have age restrictions in prosecuting juveniles as adults (see chart). On Friday the Indiana Supreme Court upheld a department of corrections decision to house Donna Ratliff in an adult prison. At 14 she burned down her parents' house as retribution for alleged sexual abuse by "family members since the age of four." In 1996 a judge had recommended that Donna be sent to a juvenile facility...
...confined to the surface. Another critical variable is the shape of the ocean bottom. Surfing hot spots, or "breaks," are usually places where there is a sudden transition between deep water and shallow. Thus, as waves roll in, they are forced to leap up and over an underwater barrier. For example, "Killers"--the name of the break that Knox surfed at Todos Santos--channels big ocean swells across a deep canyon onto a submerged reef. Result: waves sweep in at heights of 10 to 20 ft., then rear up, like bucking broncos, to much greater heights. "A wave...
...Tower of Babel that is the casting means that the French King Louis and his brother both sound like mall rats from Anywheresville, U.S.A. D'Artagnan has an Irish brogue, and Aramis sounds prissily British. The language barrier is handled by giving the French actors either underwritten (Christine, Queen Anne) or buffoonish parts (Porthos). Depardieu does well enough with his one-dimensional role, chasing after the ladies and attempting to hang himself while naked in one of the funniest scenes in the movie. Parillaud, as Queen Anne, does passably well. Godreche, however, seems to have decided that she could just...
...impression is that the probability of science and non-science majors accepted is roughly the same and is therefore not a statistical barrier," he says. "We do like to look for breadth of curriculum and for some form of liberal arts education, usually provided by some form of core program...
...attempt to convince me to stop, my aunt raised thousands of safety concerns, most of them completely unreasonable. Yet, I won't deny that some of her concerns had crossed my mind. Is there a physical barrier between the tutor and student? Will I be tutoring a murderer? Is it safe in the prison? What if the prisoner attempts to find me when he's released...