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...being maneuvered around the Titanic, Ballard revealed, it had a couple of close calls, once hitting the bridge, another time brushing against a smokestack. Despite his initial alarm, neither the Argo nor the Titanic was damaged in these encounters. But in the process, the submersible collected the only artifact so far brought up from the great liner: a smudge of paint scraped from the smokestack. Ballard also disclosed that after "mowing the lawn" with highly advanced technological gear (sweeping his sonar back and forth and checking its soundings with a magnetometer), the expedition had actually located the Titanic with...
...should be staged in some ornate, bizarre interior. This danger of losing the original is especially great with a minimalist play where there is no clear historical context to make losing the original staging difficult. When an aspect of the play is lost, some of its value as an artifact of a historical period is lost. So, too, is some of the meaning...
...well advised to note that even if the playwright's name is still be revered among the true believers, his work is not so timeless that it could not benefit from a quick boost by those who'd like to see Samuel Beckett become more than a Cold War artifact...
...police officers happen to overstep the boundries of their search warrant but were neverthelss acting in good faith, the evidence may be used in trial. If any more such whittling occurs, lawyers warn, that precious article which guards against arbitrary searches and seizures many be come an artifact in legal history...
...next day, Franko and a pretty girl were out strolling unrecognized until he was hailed from across the street. "It's here," he said, "somewhere," patting every pocket before locating the most precious artifact in the city. And he added a little sadly, "I hope it doesn't change my life. I like...