The gates of Rome being barred and armed men on the wall, they returned to camp.

Five years after virtually barring homosexual men and women from serving as foster parents, the State of Massachusetts has proposed new regulations to reverse the policy.

The policy difference is not aimed at barring men or women but at preserving "homogeneity of gender."

White racial prejudice barred black men and women from factory labor, the most dynamic and productive sector of the economy.

Jordan has already moved to limit new arrivals - barring Iraqi men between the ages of 17 and 35.

So he barred men from the clubs and eliminated mirrors, an expensive fixture at most fitness clubs.