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Unbelievable is the other word on every first-timer's lips. They do not necessarily mean Al Capone's 16-cylinder bulletproof Cadillac (with gunports and authenticating documents) on display at the Imperial Palace. Nor are they referring to eclectic concoctions like the Stardust casino, which features show girls "direct from Paris," orangutans redolent of Borneo, a Moby Dick restaurant and a Polynesian statue out by the sidewalk. No, it is enough that front doors all along the strip are wide open in January, with just a little breeze (and a lot of money) coming across the threshold. Also that...
...next stop, Calcutta, energized the Pope. Thousands lined the street to cheer his passing bulletproof "Popemobile." The Pontiff received an ebullient welcome from Mother Teresa, the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who said, "This is the happiest day of my life...
...security precautions at the Tihar Central Jail in suburban New Delhi were unusually strict last week as heavily armed police guarded a makeshift courtroom for the final hearing of an eight-month trial. Both judge and defendants were protected behind bulletproof glass shields. After taking the bench, Judge Mahesh Chandra wasted no time. The evidence was overwhelming, he said, that the three suspects in the October 1984 assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi were guilty. Following a brief recess, Chandra declared this to be one of those "rarest of rare" crimes in which the ultimate penalty was clearly called...
Four hours before making the promise in an eight-minute radio and television speech from the gleaming-white National Palace, he rode through the city in one of his bulletproof limousines with a heavy military guard...
...meantime, a heavily armed phalanx of more than 200 police equipped with bulletproof vests and including a special antiterror unit from Paris had surrounded the courthouse and begun talks with the terrorists. Less than seven hours after the drama had begun, negotiators, led by Paris Police Prefect Robert Broussard, had secured the release of almost half the hostages, including a group of law students who were observing the trial and two defendants who chose not to take part in the uprising. Throughout the night, the terrorists continued releasing hostages. By late Friday morning only four remained: Presiding Judge Dominique Bailhache...