Word: barriers
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...advent of genetic engineering, among other things, has allowed researchers to begin breaching that natural barrier. Last spring scientists at Duke University Medical Center reported that they had successfully altered the genetic makeup of a strain of pigs. As a result, the researchers managed to fool the immune systems of three baboons into accepting pig hearts, for a short while at least. Using a similar technique, the British biotechnology company Imutran has produced a herd of 300 genetically altered swine. The company expects to transplant either a pig's heart or a liver into a human subject later this year...
...Syria and Israel are meeting today at a secluded 1,100-acre estate about 50 miles from Washington for talks that both sides hope will lay the groundwork for a peace agreement. The talks are being brokered by the United States. Beirut bureau chief Lara Marlowe reports: "The principal barrier is clearly the future of the Golan Heights. Israel has refused to give it up entirely, and Syrian President Hafez Assad hasn't changed his position one iota. He wants control over the entire Golan Heights region. That means no Israeli presence whatsoever. Assad is very shrewd, and he knows...
...parliament will prove just as fractious and querulous as the old one. The communists have consistently held the lead in public-opinion polls, but they are still favored by no more than 20% of the voters. If as many as 10 political groups manage to break the 5% barrier to get into parliament, the communists would have to do some major horse trading with projected winners like Women of Russia and the Agrarian Party to create an anti-Yeltsin alliance...
After edging toward 5000 for most of last week, the Dow Jones industrial average topped the milestone by three points briefly on Monday before slipping back to close at 4,983.09. "The 5000 point mark is a psychological barrier that has no inherent significance, but is an important indicator of investor confidence in the economy," says TIME's Bernard Baumohl. "It is a sign that investors are pleased that the budget is on the way to getting balanced, and also that they believe that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates by the end of this year. I expect that...
Such overstaffing, he added, prevents legislators from contacting each other. "They become a barrier to communication between senators," he said...