Word: bulletproof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...into "a Salvadoran problem, which must be solved among Salvadorans in El Salvador." U.S. officials were not present at the La Palma talks, and according to a State Department analyst, Washington's suggestions to Duarte were limited to his personal security. Even then, the U.S. offer of a bulletproof vest for the President was turned down...
...gaped at competitors wearing aerodynamic early-Darth Vader helmets and rubberized skinsuits that were banned in international cycling until 1981. The special U.S. bikes, developed at a cost of $1 million, feature relatively small front wheels and spokeless, solid rear ones made of Kevlar, the material used in bulletproof vests, which reduces air turbulence. The result: a 1-to 3-sec. saving per km. Said Chester Kyle, a professor of mechanical engineering who headed the bike-design team: "Cycling is the most technically sophisticated sport at the Games...
Next day, in a more thorough examination, police discovered the spent cartridge case almost hidden in a corner near the window overlooking the square. They also found seven handguns, two ammunition clips and two pistol grips for a submachine gun, as well as twelve bulletproof vests and an assortment of ammunition. The discovery was made in the presence of a Saudi Arabian diplomat accompanying the searchers as an independent observer...
...evident-and perhaps necessary. Sunday morning, three days after his arrival, the Pope was en route to Seoul's Myong Dong Cathedral when a deranged-looking young man dashed out from the crowd and, assuming a shooter's crouch about 35 ft. from John Paul's bulletproof car, brandished what looked like a handgun. An alert policeman fired one shot into the roadway in front of the man, who threw his "weapon" to the ground; it proved to be a plastic toy. The man raised his arms with fists clenched before he was hustled away...
...Justice; by assassination, when two gunmen on a motorcycle pulled up to his car and shot him eight times with a machine gun; in Bogota. The first Colombian law-enforcement boss to wage a vigorous campaign against his country's powerful drug traffickers, Lara refused to wear a bulletproof jacket despite death threats. One of the two hitmen died immediately when the motorcycle crashed; the other, captured minutes later, claimed that "everything was arranged in Medellin," center of Colombia's $5 billion-a-year drug trade. After the killing, the government changed an earlier stance and announced that...