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  • If anything I found the fact that MoMA had to reinforce its walls for the 1988-89 exhibition Anselm Kiefer to support the weight of huge, often lead-covered canvases more significant than the paintings themselves.

    Mira Schor: Gagosian Gallery pulls a Smithsonian Mira Schor 2010

  • The tossing game, involving pitching brass or (with more difficulty) lighter stainless steel discs at a hole in a lead-covered table is known as 'Toad in the hole' around these parts.

    Ruddles County Peter Ashley 2008

  • Many issued lead-covered codebooks that could be tossed safely—that is, irretrievably—into the sea if the ship was boarded by hostile parties.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • If anything I found the fact that MoMA had to reinforce its walls for the 1988-89 exhibition Anselm Kiefer to support the weight of huge, often lead-covered canvases more significant than the paintings themselves.

    Mira Schor: Gagosian Gallery pulls a Smithsonian Mira Schor 2010

  • Many issued lead-covered codebooks that could be tossed safely—that is, irretrievably—into the sea if the ship was boarded by hostile parties.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • If anything I found the fact that MoMA had to reinforce its walls for the 1988-89 exhibition Anselm Kiefer to support the weight of huge, often lead-covered canvases more significant than the paintings themselves.

    Mira Schor: Gagosian Gallery pulls a Smithsonian Mira Schor 2010

  • Additionally, is the creeping invasion of these same cargos to North America a parallel to the increasing transoceanic reach of China's pollution to Canada and the U.S., and also a frighteningly uncanny forecast of this year's panic over tainted pet foods, poisoned toothpaste, and lead-covered Barbie dolls?

    “Moon Fishing” in the Shadow of the Three Gorges Dam 2007

  • Additionally, is the creeping invasion of these same cargos to North America a parallel to the increasing transoceanic reach of China's pollution to Canada and the U.S., and also a frighteningly uncanny forecast of this year's panic over tainted pet foods, poisoned toothpaste, and lead-covered Barbie dolls?

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • President George W. Bush's Consumer Product Safety Commission told us to throw away those untrustworthy kits, sit on our hands and blindly trust the government to protect our children from lead-covered toys being imported from China and other countries.

    Leo W. Gerard: Home Lead Test Kits and Bush Administration Plaming 2008

  • They use a very good kind of tea, called _caravan tea_, which is packed in lead-covered packages and brought to them by caravans.

    Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals

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