Those chosen must come from poor families and must also face at least one barrier to getting a job.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Farmers rarely planted trees or tall crops around the buildings, so there would be no barrier to the airflow.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

But with threats, a language barrier and fear of the legal system, victims are often unwilling or unable to seek help.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

And,he was proud of being the first African-American to break the color barrier in a major opera house.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Two years ago, scientists discovered more than one hundred corals in the Great Barrier Reef and on a reef near northwestern Australia.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

For example, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest coral reef system in the world.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

His decisive victory over Republican Senator John McCain brought down the last racial barrier in American politics.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

He is the man who broke a major color barrier for black singers of classical music.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

The aim should be to aggressively create what he calls a "protective barrier" against loneliness.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

So the old man leaped across the barrier of fire and seized the basket.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

The underwater barrier is meant to shock the carp into turning back.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

"We are always trying to lower the barrier to entry for nonprofits.

VOA: special.2010.09.22

The barrier,however, may not be enough to protect the Great Lakes.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

This barrier,he says, can keep the whole network from coming apart.

VOA: special.2010.01.06