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21curtain board — noun : a partition of noncombustible material fitting tightly against a ceiling and intended to prevent or retard the spread of fire and heat …
22Safety curtain — A safety curtain (or fire curtain in America) is a fire safety precaution used in large proscenium theatres. It is usually a heavy fiberglass or iron curtain located immediately behind the proscenium arch. Asbestos based materials were originally …
23National Personnel Records Center fire — Fire in progress The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973,[1] also referred to as the 1973 National Archives fire was a fire that occurred at the United States National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in Overland, Missouri, a suburb of …
24fire curtain — /ˈfaɪə kɜtn/ (say fuyuh kertn) noun in a theatre, a fireproof screen which can be lowered to separate the stage from the body of the hall …
25Cubicle curtain — A cubicle curtain or hospital curtain is a dividing cloth used in a medical treatment facility that provides a private enclosure for one or more patients.[1] The curtain is usually made from inherently flame retardant (IFR) fabric, and is… …
26Iron Curtain — The Iron Curtain was the symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War, roughly 1945 to 1991. At both sides of the Iron Curtain, the states… …
27Iroquois Theater Fire — By the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) records, it is still, as of 2008, the worst single building fire in U.S. history with the most fatalities. The New York City Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire claimed 148, the Great Chicago Fire… …
28safety curtain — noun a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire • Hypernyms: ↑theater curtain, ↑theatre curtain * * * ˈsafety curtain 7 [safety curtain] noun a curtain which can come down across the stage in a theatre, intended to stop a fire from …
29Front curtain — An Austrian curtain. The front curtain, also known as the house curtain, act curtain, grand drape, main drape or main rag[1][2] is a stage curtain at the very front of a stage. Typically …
30The Nylon Curtain — Studio album by Billy Joel Released September 23, 1982 Recorded …
