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• n  a structure or object that impedes free movement
• n  any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
  intolerance is a barrier to understanding
• n  anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

• Aided by one man who survived his own attempt, a campaign to build a barrier to prevent suicides on the landmark bridge is causing a stir in San Francisco.
• Those five barriers must be overcome before the political system reacts.
• He thrilled fans, shattered baseball's color barrier and changed the face of the nation.

• roadblock

News & Articles

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• South Hill Road barrier helping reduce crime
  A barrier on South Hill Road has reduced crime and traffic accidents.
  June 20, 2013 - KIMA Yakima
• Clinton putting up barrier to fight crime
  A number of break-ins in a Clinton neighborhood led officials to make plans to put up a barricade that will block access from outside the city in that area. Clinton's Public Works Department will put up the barricade on Eastside Drive in the Easthaven neighborhood at Shaw Road in the coming days, city officials said. The barrier will eliminate one entrance into the neighborhood near the Clinton ...
  June 20, 2013 - WAPT Jackson
• NYC airport builds turtle barrier to guard runway
  NYC airport builds turtle barrier to guard runway During last year's mating season, airport employees had to carry 1,300 turtles off the tarmac. The New York Post reports (http://bit.ly/11GpIYw ) that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hoping an 8-inch-wide barrier made of plastic piping will help keep the turtles off the runway this year.
  June 19, 2013 - seattlepi.com

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Philadelphia Inquirer
  President Obama yesterday said Shriver "taught our nation - and our world - that no physical or mental barrier can restrain the power of the human spirit."
• Ian Paisley in Reuters
  We must not allow our justified loathing of the horrors and tragedies of the past to become a barrier to creating a better and more stable future for our children,Paisley said after the meeting at Belfast's imposing assembly building.