Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...member reports being cornered at the gym by would-be jurors. From as far away as Minnesota and Florida, people eager -- avid! -- to do their official duty have been phoning the offices of Judge Lance Ito and District Attorney Gil Garcetti. That out-of-staters are ineligible is no barrier to their civic-mindedness...
EDUCATION: Beyond the Sound Barrier...
...devoted to the bands and their followers. Fanzines soon branched out, engaging in more general critiques of contemporary mores and aesthetics but always reflecting the personal tastes of their publishers: thus they evolved into so-called perzines. Nancy's, edited by Ohio librarian Nancy Bonnell-Kangas, broke the "band barrier" in the mid-'80s to become one of the earliest perzines to address nonmusic issues. Now in its 10th year, its current offering is called "The Ground Issue" and includes articles on the richness of humus, the sweetness of yams and the delights of beet salad...
...Another barrier to sending robots to the planets is weight: every pound you launch into space is expensive. At nearly a ton, Dante II would break the bank. Whittaker is already thinking about lighter models, though. And while NASA's Lavery cautions that Dante II is still "far from any sort of flight opportunity," he acknowledges that much of the technology used aboard Dante II will probably find its way into future space missions. In fact, NASA wants to launch a robot explorer toward Mars as early as 1996. And a private company working with Carnegie Mellon scientists hopes...
...removal of that barrier to higher rents,Kaufman said, would sent the value of rental unitssoaring...