And the iron monster was sunk to keep it from falling into Union hands.

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Security is another priority -- especially keeping nuclear weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists.

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When tech companies die, their patent caches live on, often falling into the hands of shakedown artists.

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The UN's resolution 1540 obliges all governments to stop nuclear (and chemical and biological) bomb-making materials falling into terrorist hands.

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