1.   At the larger checkpoints, traffic is forced to merge into one lane by barriers, giant cement cubes or spike strips.

2.   Some sat in armored personnel carriers, others leaned on cement cubes, drinking orange juice out of liter cartons.

3.   A British artist won the design competition in January, and the monument, a large gray cement cube, was to be unveiled next month.

4.   Some argued that the large gray cement cube engraved with the names of the Jewish victims would clash with the historic buildings around it.