Multiple rods are grouped within another metal jacket which is then drawn and baked to convert the raw material to the ceramic form and the rod into a wire.

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Topped with rolls of barbed wire, it doubles up in places to form both an inner and an outer perimeter, with a strip of concrete in between for guards to patrol along.

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Anderson told him to come back in the future with a long-sleeved shirt. (Showing off your muscles is considered bad form among serious lifters.) All the better for the wire he was wearing, White figured.

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To an extent, long-form TV series like "The Sopranos" and "The Wire" have raised the bar by exploring this kind of material in the depth a mere movie can only hint at, and "American Gangster" bites off more than it chews.

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