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...prohibitive costs of the sport are another barrier for novices and experts alike. HUSC tries its best to lower the price, mostly through deals with the Cambridge store Concepts...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stress-Free Sundays Mean Riding Rails, Raising Money | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...rest of the world, comics and cartoons have no age barrier, no height bar, no gender gap. It's the same with U.S. anime fans. "Half my customers are female," says Steven Lin, who owns the Anime Pavilion in Falls Church, Va. "And anime targets every age group, from Pokemon for kids to Neon Genesis Evangelion for teens to X-rated hentai [kinky] anime for adults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amazing Anime | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...think [the program is] a great idea," said Michael Minahan, 22, a first-year law student from Worcester who cited outstanding student loans as a potential barrier from entering the government. "I was surprised something like that didn't already exist...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HLS Alum Gives $5M Gift To Promote Public Service | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...hate to do this to you, but... Imagine your parents having sex. Worse yet, your grandparents. I know, it's awful, one of those things that couldn't have been--but we all know it happened. The idea crashes through the barrier of your typical illusions of parents/grandparents--sterile virgins who exist only in the context of...well, you. Breaking down these types of barriers is exactly what director Patricia Rozema attempts to do in her rather unorthodox adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. Indeed, Rozema crashes through the "garden party" of archetypal Austen movies (think Emma Thompson and Kate...

Author: By Benjamin Cowan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Mansfield Park Surprisingly Racy | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...roommate, who is an Orthodox Jew, is not. This does not mean that I am attracted to him, nor do his religious beliefs stand as a barrier to our communication about issues of sexual orientation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

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