The minimum wage is relatively high compared to the wage in France so it's a barrier when you don't have any qualifications and when you start your career."

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

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

VOA: special.2009.08.20

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

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

They include poverty, a language barrier and immigration issues.

VOA: special.2010.11.25

The fibers form a protective barrier against gunfire.

VOA: special.2011.03.01

At one time, the president who had retreated and retreated until he was pressed against the wall, could only be secured by a number of gentlemen forming round him and making a kind of barrier of their own bodies.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

But with threats, a language barrier and fear of the legal system, victims often do not or are unable to seek help.

VOA: standard.2010.05.24

In June,a bighead Asian Carp was found above the electrical barrier about ten kilometers from Lake Michigan.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Federal health minister,Nicola Roxon, says forcing the vessel to cancel a planned 10-day trip around the Great Barrier Reef is a necessary precaution.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

a 15-kilometer-wide barrier of trees that would cross 11 countries and halt the spread of the Sahara.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

U.S.Army officers say a language barrier impedes American efforts to impart this vital lesson.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

This part of the Illinois River near Morris is several miles southwest of the electronic fish barrier, a critical point along the Illinois waterway system meant to stop the Asian Carp from reaching Lake Michigan.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19