Word: metallization
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...near Madrid. But her more cloistered sisters in the adjacent Convento de las Tomasas don't seem to be on the same wavelength. Ruiz points out that they have raised the height of the wall that divides the convent from the mosque and topped it in part with a metal grill. "We shall ignore it," says Ruiz, who sees the new mosque and its associated Islamic cultural center as a place where understanding between the two religions can be improved. There's much work still to do. Many of Spain's 500,000 Muslims are unhappy about the presence...
...again became an official war artist, initially attached to the Air Ministry. His sketches of wrecked German planes became the painting Totes Meer (Dead Sea, 1940-41). As in the earlier The Shore, the land is on the right, holding back "waves" made up of wings and fuselage. The metal sea, in his characteristic icy green, stretches to low, dark-red hills. In a verdant sky hangs the waning moon. The Battle of Germany (1944) is almost totally abstract. The coastline, as seen from a bomber, is evaporating in multicolored smoke. While bearing witness to events, he remained possessed...
...Lehigh County, Pa. Incident: A silver dagger with a four-inch blade was brought into the Old Lehigh County Courthouse by the siblings of a convicted murderer Security: A metal detector was present, but only outside the courtroom, not in the building lobby...
...January 2002, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Incident: Police arrested a man who they say stabbed an assistant Linn County attorney in the back Security: Stricter security measures were put in place to screen visitors and instal metal detectors...
...Richmond, Tex. Incident: A woman with a scarf over her face walked into the Fort Bend County Courthouse with a pellet rifle and threatened a justice of the peace. She was subdued, and deputies found the gun was not loaded Security: The county adopted an earlier plan to instal metal detectors and x-ray machines...