The big news was that the monument has been fitted with a sort of posthumous chastity belt — a glass shield that goes all the way around it and is intended to make it, the BBC said, "kiss-proof".
Instead, the city responded with a glass shield, fragile crystal towers that offered little shelter from a nuclear blast but provided a glittering, transparent rebuke to cold-war darkness and secrecy.
This reversal is expressed not only in Prix's metal and glass shield but also in the design for other new buildings in the Gasometer complex: an office block, a shopping center, a multiplex.
At yesterday's concert at the Lincoln memorial that kicked off the inaugural celebrations, Obama, his wife Michelle, and Vice-president elect Joe Biden and wife Jill sat behind a bulletproof glass shield.
"India cannot become a nation with islands of high growth and vast areas untouched by development, where the benefits of growth accrue only to a few," said Mr. Singh, speaking from behind a bulletproof glass shield at the historic Red Fort.
All operations including filling the ink cartridge and assembling the phantom were done behind a lead glass shield (Bright Technologies Ltd ,Sheffield, UK).
The incident happened during a moment of downtime during Game 4 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals, as a glass shield was being fixed.
Take the glass shield off.
