Word: armorers
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...Give the Armor to Arnold...
...touch with your inner warrior. The trend should only grow after Tom Cruise's star turn in The Last Samurai, due out in December. Costume designer Ngila Dickson scoured museums in Japan, studied countless patterns and worked with blacksmiths, jewelers and Japanese actors to create 300 suits of armor. "We didn't want to let anyone down--especially the Japanese," says Dickson, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Lord of the Rings. Just remember: if you do suit up, real samurai wear their swords on the left...
...Delta Force, the military's storied special-operations force, and bolstered with commandos from other services, aviation units detached from the army, and paramilitary teams on loan from the CIA. Spotted in Tikrit last week, TF20 fighters had the classic commando look: scruffy beards, unkempt hair, distinct black body armor and tiny walkie-talkies. --By Michael Ware and Brian Bennett/Tikrit
...credibility looking desperate while sharks hungry for domestic regime change would be left only to change the subject. They held their tongues before invasion, and a quixotic stand now would seem worse than cowardly. It would seem crass and opportunistic, political sins for which Bush, if his patriotic armor is to crack, must be left to repent alone...
Riders' protective gear is nearly as sophisticated. Body armor once used mainly for dirt-track motorcycle racing has become fashionable among mountain bikers. A $500 body suit from the Italian designer Dainese features protection from the shoulders to the shins, with an aluminum "honeycomb inner structure" to help dissipate body heat...