Word: bulletproof
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Speaking over the telephone, the terrified hostages begged Huntsville officials to comply with the convicts' demands. At first the requests were sartorial: three tailored suits, three parrs of Nunn-Bush shoes, shirts, ties, cologne and toothbrushes. These were promptly provided. Next, the convicts asked for walkie-talkies and bulletproof helmets. These, too, were delivered. But the helmets were not acceptable. Shouting that he could tell the difference between "a toy" and a genuine helmet, Carrasco fired several shots past Bob Heard, 27, a prison guard who had been designated first of the hostages to die. His voice cracking with...
Usually Kissinger travels in a 707 jet that is just as big and just as plush as Nixon's. The Secretary's bulletproof limousine precedes him by air, as does a crew of advance men. Almost any service can be obtained for the Secretary in almost any place, his fame preceding him with amazing results...
...protect their guest, the Israelis organized the most intensive security system in their history. Communications gear and bulletproof limousines were flown into the country by U.S. Air Force transports. An army of 19,000 policemen, soldiers and government agents were on guard. Troops lined the 32-mile route from the airport to Jerusalem. A cordon sanitaire encircled every area that the President visited. His movements were shadowed by three helicopters-a command center, a troop carrier and a flying medical team...
...point, Veronika turns towards the audience and says, "In a bad film, that is what would be called the message." The implication is that only bad films have messages. Eustache made his film bulletproof against interpretation; it succeeds in finally smothering the impulse to find a pattern, while giving us just enough on the surface--of profanity, wit, and nudity--to keep our interest. There is an air of parody about parts of the film--Alexandre, for example, dresses precisely like Eustache himself. In the middle of her tearful confessional Veronika rises from the floor and slyly mocks...
...third year in succession, King Hussein of Jordan, 38, elected last week to vacation in Palm Beach. Though unofficial, his visit did not go unnoticed. President Nixon provided him with two bulletproof limos, and Hussein was accompanied by his Prime Minister, Zaid al-Rifai, and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major Zaid bin Shakar. The diminutive monarch put up at the home of Jordan's honorary consul in Palm Beach, Kleenex Heir James Kimberly, and his wife Jacquie. Then he set about enjoying himself. A day's shooting on a nearby game preserve bagged 40 quail...