Word: bulletproof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Service cannot always recognize -or stop-a potential assassin, can anything more be done to lessen the dangers? Many law enforcement officials recommend that Reagan wear a bulletproof vest when making public appearances...
...mind-boggling array of expensive protective instruments is now on the market, ranging from $375 bulletproof vests for executives conducting shareholders meetings to $16,000 electronic tracking systems that help trace a kidnap victim. A particularly nervous tycoon could buy from CCS Communication Control Inc. for $200,000 the security-studded 1979 silver-gray Cadillac that was once ordered by the Shah of Iran but never delivered. For $1,500 more, his chauffeur could take a four-day evasive-driving course in Summit Point, W. Va., that teaches high-speed handling and bootleg turns to escape terrorist blockades. The head...
...attend the trial in the windowless 17th-floor courtroom, all witnesses, police, lawyers and spectators pass through two security checkpoints where they may be frisked and are electronically scanned like airline passengers. The judge has had a bulletproof Plexiglas partition erected between the audience and participants in the trial. Because belt buckles can be used as weapons, a sign outside reads: NO BELT BUCKLES OVER TWO INCHES; NO EXCEPTIONS...
...security advisers went over every grim detail of the situation in the Cabinet Room, a startlingly different scene was occurring just outside on the South Lawn. Under the springtime splendor of the cherry blossoms, thousands of youngsters were enjoying the traditional Easter Monday egg rolling. The thick, lightly tinted bulletproof windows of the Cabinet Room could not block out the laughter and the sound of music...
...ferocity has proved adaptable when confronted with particular problems. About two months ago, mujahidin noticed that even on those rare occasions when they got a clear shot at a Soviet soldier, he often survived. They did not need a mullah to tell them that the Soviets had started wearing bulletproof vests. Soon after a force of paratroopers arrived at Asmar in early March, 40 Jamiat snipers in the hills around the small town claimed 300 kills. Snarls Guleb Seyed, Jamiat commander of Baragay village: "I tell my men, aim for the head...