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  • n  any vertical post or rod used as a support

  • Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers shirt from 1949 was carried down the ballroom aisle hung on a gold stanchion, like some saint's relic, and spike marks and bloodstains could be .
  • As early as 1981 he made Desire, a giant wagon wheel connected by a long wooden spoke to an upright basket-weave stanchion, a thing forever in orbit around a center it can't .
  • And perched behind a velvet stanchion, in an unbuttoned silk shirt that reveals just the right amount of furry, well-carved chest, is the artist: Kiss guitarist and front man Paul .
News & Articles

  • Heat, LeBron securing places in history
    Miami Heat fans climb the sign stanchion outside American Airline Stadium while celebrating in Miami on Thursday June 20, 2013 after the Heat won the 2013 NBA Championship against the San Antonio Spurs.
    June 21, 2013 - Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
  • Miami celebrates Heat victory, Spurs fans somber
    Miami Heat fans climb the sign stanchion outside American Airline Stadium while celebrating in Miami on Thursday June 20, 2013 after the Heat won the 2013 NBA Championship against the San Antonio Spurs.
    June 21, 2013 - Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
  • CorwdControlStore.com: New Plastic Stanchions (In Ground) Introduced to the US Market
    These new durable stanchions come packaged in a kit, may be staked in the ground and have a number of outdoor and garden uses. (PRWeb June 18, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10805846.htm
    June 18, 2013 - PRWeb
Quotes

  • Sir Alex Ferguson in Sportinglife.com
    I think Rooney was the man who could take England to the European championships,Ferguson told Manchester United Radio. "He was playing a game of head tennis and he caught his foot on the stanchion that holds up the net. It's a sickening...
  • Rick DiPietro in USA Today
    Ninety-nine times out of 100, I go behind the net like that, and the puck keeps going around the net or I stop it,DiPietro said. "It hit a stanchion, hit off my pad, and went right in front of the net."
  • Scott Hartnell in ESPN
    There were some lucky breaks for me,Hartnell said. "The second one hits something while the goalie is behind the net, and the third one hits a stanchion, again with the goalie behind the net. They weren't the prettiest of goals, but I'll...

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