1.   Sheet steel is used in a wide variety of applications ranging from pails to car hoods.

2.   Sheet steel is used in applications ranging from pails to car hoods.

3.   Around one series of switchbacks, the truck passed a car hood, then a fender, then an axle.

4.   At a recent stop in Kalafghan, a town near the front line, we set up the satellite telephone on the car hood to make a call.

5.   But on a recent crossing, the wind was so strong at Magna that to lift a car hood was to risk losing it.

6.   Carl Davis remembers when his mother came up with padding for a car hood and the kids tried their luck on nearby Methodist Hill.

7.   Carefully I laid my flag on the car hood and fished out a card.

8.   Carefully I laid my flag on the car hood, slipped my press card and passport into my shirt pocket and fished out a business card.

9.   Each time a car hood is slammed shut, it can change shape slightly, bending by a few microns.

10.   For blocks and blocks, Spanish can be heard under the shade trees and raised car hoods where Mexican men congregate.