11.   Putin made a rare foray across the gender barrier and appointed a woman, Lyubov Kudelina, as deputy defense minister.

12.   Some individual researchers are already breaking the gender barrier.

13.   The country boy from Hillsboro did more than break down entrenched racial and gender barriers in state government.

14.   The gender barriers she and other women faced and surpassed were hard-won victories.

15.   Two officials with that level of experience, Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner, broke the gender barrier last season and were hired as NBA referees.

16.   Unlike days of old, there are no poll taxes, literary tests, gender barriers, or property requirements to come between any citizen and the voting booth.

17.   Wendy designed the first L.A. Lifeguard bikini uniform, and her solid work broke down the gender barrier and made Pamela Anderson possible.

18.   But in the demise of another gender barrier, this weekend women were diving for prize money for the first time in the world-renowned Acapulco cliff-diving championships.

19.   But in the demise of another gender barrier, women were going for prize money for the first time in the world-renowned Acapulco cliff diving championships this weekend.

20.   But in the demise of another gender barrier, women went for prize money for the first time Saturday in the world-renowned Acapulco cliff-diving championships.