Word: metallism
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...Around 7 feet tall, three feet across and deep enough to house a grown man, the sarcophagus-shaped device is essentially a large, metal closet with long spikes on the inside door that closes to impale its victim. Its name derives from its mummy shape and the beatific woman's face depicted on its headpiece. The one found in Baghdad was clearly worn from use, its nails having lost some of their sharpness. It lay on its side within view of Uday's first-floor offices in the soccer association. Ironically, the torture device was brought to TIME's attention...
Attempting to counter Mancini’s stellar play, New Hampshire swarmed the net early, but their shots met only the netting of her stick and—on two occasions—the cold metal of the goal posts until less than six minutes remained in the half...
...fell, it was irresistible, if wrong, to speak of the war in the past tense. Fighting is a physical state; war, in the absence of formal declarations and surrenders, is a state of mind. The battle might drag on bloodily for months. But this moment - hollow Saddam collapsing, his metal insides jutting out - was too perfect, too cinematic, for the war not to be over...
...leader accepted the honor of detonating the explosives ringing Saddam's statue. With a thunderous blast Najaf's most visible symbol of Saddam's regime toppled in a heap of twisted metal. People ran from the side streets cheering and climbing over the wreckage, enjoying the giddiness of the moment. One Iraqi approached Brigadier General Benjamin Freakley, assistant commander of the 101st Airborne. "Kill Saddam," he said, and spat on the ground. Then he added, "Now we can have satellite...
...away most impressed by a hitter. While filling out a scouting card that had “Schutt, Chris___Cornell U” scrawled across the top between innings, the scout glanced behind the bleachers to where several kids played. One of them, no older than three, swung a metal bat that may have been taller than...