We were renting a classic shingled cottage with leaded glass windows, near the ocean in East Hampton, and we were heading out for the summer.

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At about the same time, the nuclear industry started using force feedback devices to help workers manipulate hazardous, radioactive materials with slave arms through thick, leaded glass.

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Although the holdings of what was once the most significant printer and publisher in 16th-century Europe were exceptional, it was the museum's deeply atmospheric rooms, side-lit through stacked leaded glass windows shielded by dark shutters, that I had come to see.

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Mr Lassen was working from top to bottom, fixing the glass he had leaded.

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