They also sent agents to Mexico to scout potential locations for the film, and began screen-testing actors, including a young, unknown Greek actor called Georges Corraface, for the role of Nostromo.
The state also began screening for cystic fibrosis, and detected an additional 21 babies.
Earlier this month, for example, it began screening certain powders in carry-on luggage.
The Met Opera began screening live performances of operas in 2006.
The BFI has began screening more avant garde work on the enormous Imax screen, including Derek Jarman's Blue.
But after censorship was imposed, local officials began screening outsiders, and some journalists seeking to report there were beaten.
With the grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, scientists on the Aurora team began screening more than half a million chemical compounds.
Then he began screening movies, throwing parties, and building new mausoleums, turning the cemetery into a sort of city commons.
Russia-watchers began screening the Lebedevs' London papers for pro-Putin or anti-Putin messages, wondering what game he was playing.
Four cases of SARS indicated a rapid spread of the fever, and the government began screening travelers and sealed a research lab where the outbreak seemed to start.
