But in recent months, Michelle Obama has become something of a human bridge between the two worlds.
A gold medalist in the 1976 Olympics who is active in the international federation, Otzetova has acted as a human bridge between old and new Bulgaria.
And yet, as Irons demonstrates, this cricket-crazy, God-disdaining don was a paragon of diffidence for whom eye contact, let alone a handshake, was a human bridge too far.
"They see me as a human bridge between their world and the outside world," said Mr. Saito, stressing that on the campaign trail he largely spoke to voters in the local dialect.
Brooklyn is thick with young folks all aspiring to be the next Banksy, so how about convincing them that using their bodies to form a human bridge to Manhattan would really stick it to the man and the big banks and their dads?
Not only would he serve as a famous cousin for many, but also as a human bridge linking countless people from several continents.
In a digital age, where people spend more time interacting with devices than they sometimes do with other people, the Internet can become a human bridge.
Inclusion of a science education specialist in science departments may provide a human bridge between the often isolated efforts in science and in education.
Immigrants to the United States represent all of the world's regions and they constitute a major human bridge between their new and old homes.
When an enterprise acquires knowledge through training, the acquired knowledge will be diffused and accumulated to become a valuable asset through a knowledge integration mechanism including human bridge, organizational bridge and procedural bridge, accordingly, the training performance will be enhanced.
