It was taken to a Los Angeles area lab of Exponent, a failure-analysis firm, for examination.
In a firm-specific examination, though, such an approach would probably narrow the scope of research by limiting the examined cases and by completely disregarding unannounced events or firm-specific events.
Rather than using it as an opportunity to celebrate alongside the staff members who had passed the Bar examination, the firm chose to avoid "negative perceptions of the event" by removing champagne glasses from their hands, which cast a global spotlight on the doctored image, not the achievement.
Under firm, if generally polite, examination, New York City's fire commissioner defended his efforts to recruit minority candidates in court on Tuesday, saying the Fire Department has measurably increased its number of black applicants while rebuilding its ranks a decade after the losses from 9/11.
Fat necrosis is often palpable, manifesting as a firm mass at physical examination, and the appearance can mimic that of tumor recurrence at both clinical evaluation and mammography.
On examination, a firm, non-tender mass could be palpated in the inferior portion of the superior orbital rim (Figure 5A).
At recto-vaginal examination, a firm nodule was palpable at the right sacro-uterine ligament; the uterus was of normal size and mobility.
On examination, a firm, tender right prostatic nodule was noted.
General examination revealed firm, non-tender, discrete cervical, axillary, and inguinal lymphadenopathy.
