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Some data centers have "traps" that isolate intrusions by unauthorized individuals, technology that weighs people as they enter and sounds an alarm if their weight is different when they depart, bulletproof walls and blast-proof doors, Bailey says.
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Military airports, embassies, parliaments and international organizations in hot spots such as the Middle East all require blast-proof constructions.
Swiss Renew Push for Bomb Shelters Deborah Ball 2011
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The new World Trade Center towers, with their blast-proof concrete bases and elaborate security measures are examples of what Stephen Graham, in his book, Cities Under Siege, defines as "militarized urbanism."
Guy Horton: At Home in Manhattan: Park51 as Global Architecture Guy Horton 2010
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The facility, completed in 2007, is a 415,000-square-foot complex that incorporates a huge blast-proof bunker originally designed to keep up to 100 Federal Reserve employees, and billions in coin and currency, safe from Soviet nuclear attack.
Silent films recovered: These new releases are oldest in a long time Peter Finn 2011
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You tell me…do you think that person should be on-site or sitting in a blast-proof bunker up by Camp David?
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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They followed their guards down a stairway into a blast-proof room built for the last war, the Great War.
Journey Out of Darkness « Quincy Remembers World War II 2008
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You tell me…do you think that person should be on-site or sitting in a blast-proof bunker up by Camp David?
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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While the guards were shooting back, a white Kia minivan sped past the blast-proof barriers they had been guarding.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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You tell me…do you think that person should be on-site or sitting in a blast-proof bunker up by Camp David?
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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While the guards were shooting back, a white Kia minivan sped past the blast-proof barriers they had been guarding.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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