1.   He clenched his jaw as the pain barrier seemed to break with every passing second.

2.   Even at some of the most traditional Japanese restaurants in New York, the barriers to women seem to be evaporating.

3.   Even the language barrier does not seem to be a problem.

4.   Racial barriers can seem eliminated from the tube.

5.   That barrier seems psychological.

6.   The harassment would undoubtedly make what Jackie Robinson went through in breaking the color barrier seem like a day at the beach.

7.   But language barriers seemed insurmountable.

8.   Even political barriers seem to have been swept aside as if by magic.