Barbed Wire is wire-rope used for fencing or other purposes, having fixed in it short bent pieces of wire with sharp projecting points, which serve to keep animals from pressing against it. Barbed wire may also be used for various protective purposes, and especially in war to form an impediment to the attack of an enemy - some barbed wire is designed to snag clothing and cause minor scratches, other types with longer spikes are designed to cause more serious injuries. Razor-wire, which evolved from barbed wire is fitted with razor-sharp metal blades intended to kill or maime any person trying to pass through it. There was an act of Parliament passed in 1893 to prevent the use of barbed wire fences that form a nuisance on a public road or path; and a person employing barbed wire for fencing could render himself liable for damages caused by it to another person who was legitimately using the adjoining ground. Research Barbed Wire
The Music Man is a musical comedy starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold and Paul Fordina story about a confidence trickster who persuades some townfolks in Iowa to form a band, offering to provide the instruments himself, and planning to disappear with the money before the instruments arrive, only for his plans to hit a snag. The Music Man was directed by Morton DaCosta in 1962. Research The Music Man
Torpedo nets were strong steel meshed nets carried out from a ship's side by booms as a protection against torpedoes. During the Great War it was found that torpedo nets were blown loose by shell fire and could snag around the ship's propellers, and torpedo nets were abandoned as a ship defence. Research Torpedo Net
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