In an MSNBC video, Stein could neither confirm nor deny reports that a bloody handprint had been recovered.
Black handprints appear on the walls where the new owner has been feeling the building.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has been using identification cards linked to handprints since 1997 to let tens of thousands of frequent travelers enter the country swiftly through some major airports, including Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Kennedy, San Francisco, Honolulu and Dulles, near Washington.
Much of the attention so far has been focused on the proposed technology -- handprint, iris, facial and other identification techniques -- that would underpin the system.
One has been stalled for lack of the full handprints of a suspect who was never charged — even though the man is serving life in prison.
Once the pearl has been cast, the family can personalize it with handprints or messages etched into the damp concrete and add small mementos.
Understandably there has been continued discussion relating specifically to the origin of the handprint on the bag containing the IED, not least because possible involvement of the Basque separatist group ETA was suspected for a large part of the investigation period and a Spanish mining contractor was ultimately convicted of supplying the explosives used in the attacks.
Since 1856, his family has been operating out of an ancient workshop, right above the boutique, producing hand-made and handprinted paper.
Although 10 million tourists are said to visit the area each year, there has been little to hold them after they have photographed Grauman's Chinese Theater and checked out its entryway with the handprints and footprints of celebrities.
Guthrie carried out different analyses on cave handprints and concluded most had been made by adolescent boys.
