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...label and all that it implies. Inside I am also different from the first-year who matriculated last fall, but that is almost irrelevant. For those blinded by the glitz of the Harvard name, my individuality is insignificant. It upsets me that my college affiliation is a social Great Barrier Reef and that our tight trio is evolving in three different directions, but we still have a bond. We will always have Israel, and we will always have one another. "In my life, I love you more...
...close," says Frantz Sanon, pastor of the Haitian congregation. "We always seem to meet in a rush." This is partly by design--a half-hour gap between the two services cuts down on chance encounters in the chapel, which nobody really seems to want. Language can also be a barrier. "My congregation can't understand him even when he speaks English," jokes the Rev. William Doubek of his Vietnamese counterpart. Moreover, different denominations cannot worship together. "If we were to hold a joint service, the Lutheran Synod would be pretty hard on us," Bodimer notes. And, says Our Redeemer treasurer...
...avoid contact of any sort, the passengers are immersed in their periodicals, which simultaneously serve as diversion, conversation barrier and escape mechanism. All's fair in love, war and commuting. Children use their book bags to reserve the seats next to them, adults use their briefcases to barricade their space from adjacent ones and both young and old huddle near the ends of the rows as if somehow, these coveted seats could offer salvation. In less crowded trains, even stricter codes of propriety are observed. The every-other-seat rule is assiduously practiced as both genders stretch out arms...
...wouldn't be in this business if it weren't for deregulation," says Bell, who treats Texas American as a full-time job when he isn't looking after his insurance company, his used-car lot and his plastics-molding company. The barrier that had to be overcome was the heritage of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which opened routes only to trucker applicants who demonstrated need for the service, with, for example, affidavits from shippers. Carriers also had to show that their proposed haul would not harm other truckers' business, and the number of ICC licenses was restricted...
First, the Bears provided a physical barrier for the Crimson to overcome. After two days of exhausting play and two five-game nailbiters, the Crimson were noticeably fatigued. Furthermore, after already losing to Brown the day before, the Bears presented a mental stumbling block as well...