Word: barriers
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...barrier that once separated feature films and TV has been crumbling for several years. Directors like Walter Hill (48 Hours) and Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future) have done episodes for HBO's Tales from the Crypt. John Sayles (Eight Men Out) created Shannon's Deal, a lawyer series for NBC, and Spielberg ventured into series TV several years ago with his fantasy anthology Amazing Stories. Yet many filmmakers of the first rank still regard TV as a second-class medium. The chief drawbacks: less time to work, less money to spend and more restrictions on style and subject matter...
They minimize the importance of the organization's decisions to break the racial barrier--drafting the first Black player and hiring the first Black coach in National Basketball Association (NBA) history--charging that the all-white management of the Celtics has always been more opportunistic than progressive in its policies on race...
Both social service providers and immigrants agree that language remains the foremost barrier for newcomers to the U.S. Non-English speakers face difficulties in areas ranging from jobs to health care to daily transportation...
Paulo C. Poletti, a young Brazilian man who has lived in Cambridge for six years, says the language barrier is not only an impediment to finding a job but a source of discrimination...
According to Yancey, Steinbergh used extensive false documentation at RCB hearings for rent increases and exploited the majority of non-English speaking immigrant tenants in his buildings. Steinbergh counted on the language barrier to prevent tenants from voicing complaints about illegitimate rent hikes, Yancey alleged...