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Supreme Court descent

By Arlo Wagner and Keyonna Summers
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
November 29, 2005

Inspectors are trying to determine what caused a basketball-sized chunk of marble to break off from the facade of the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday morning as visitors stood outside.
    No one was hurt when a chunk of Vermont marble from the building's west pediment fell 100 feet and shattered when it landed on the steps near where the visitors stood, according to the Supreme Court's public information office.
    Any number of variables may have loosened the marble, including rust, moisture, a drop in outdoor temperature, natural decay or an imperfection with the stone itself, said William Dupont, chief architect for National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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