Word: metallic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...used to take a morning walk around Jerusalem accompanied by just one security guard. Shortly after he left office, I ran into him on the street in Tel Aviv, walking with a companion like any ordinary citizen. Visitors to the prime minister's office have to pass through a metal detector, but once inside they are asked casually, 'Do you have a weapon?' Apparently, the honor system is in force. It had been a fundamental assumption among Israelis that they were safe among one another. Which was the entire point, after all, of the founding of a Jewish state...
...play was a freak accident. Roy was finishing a check on a North Dakota player in the corner, when the rookie from Yarmouth, Maine stumbled and fell face-first into the metal portion of the boards before slumping down...
Campion said metal detectors will be used to check those entering the forum and audience members will only be admitted between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., when the event is scheduled to begin...
...them with no place to live. Up until several weeks ago, a number of homeless individuals used a heating grate next to the Harvard-owned Holyoke Center as a source of warmth at night. Some students were surprised to stroll down Holyoke Street recently and see a slanted, black metal cage covering the heating grates. The top of this cage forms a 35 degree angle with the ground, making it impossible for anyone to lie on the grates...
...swift cut to the horse's neck and a hunk of armor crashes down like a tower. Fire against metal. A poet might say: romance against banality. When awake, I know better...