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Claude Brunelle, 31, a security guard at the Turkish embassy in Ottawa, usually works in a bulletproof booth. But when three men parked their U-Haul truck on the grass beside the embassy entrance early one morning last week, he emerged from his booth, challenged the men, then suddenly pulled his .38-cal. revolver and fired. The interlopers cut him down with a fusillade, killing him, then blew open the embassy's front doors with explosives...
...left Bulawayo to drive to Harare, 250 miles away. At a press conference he denounced "the siege of Bulawayo" and accused the government of pursuing a deliberate policy of intimidation. To his chagrin, Nkomo discovered on his return to Bulawayo that during the crackdown, government forces had confiscated his bulletproof Mercedes-Benz sedan...
Duarte's best moment came in October at La Palma, the slumbering mountain town where the first meeting with the guerrillas was held. He spurned the offer of a bulletproof vest and arrived with only a few aides. No armed guards were visible: only Boy and Girl Scouts in shorts and red kerchiefs stood between the President and his enemies. The sight of Duarte strolling the cobbled streets of La Palma captured both the promise and the risk of his presidency. As thousands cheered, their hands reaching out to touch him, Duarte's face creased into a smile...
...typical of the proud, stubborn, courageous Indira Gandhi that she hated to wear a bulletproof vest and rarely agreed to do so. Certainly she was a fatalist. The night before her death, she had told a large, enthusiastic crowd in Orissa's capital city, Bhubaneswar, "I am not interested in a long life. I am not afraid of these things. I don't mind if my life goes in the service of this nation. If I die today, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation...
...film Goldfinger, James Bond chased villains and beautiful women in an Aston Martin DB5 sports car equipped with such extras as an ejection seat, machine guns and a bulletproof windshield. Now Aston Martin Lagonda is introducing a vehicle that an older Bond could love. In Birmingham, England, last week, the firm unveiled its Tickford Lagonda limousine, an auto that will have a thrill-seeking top speed of 140 m.p.h. With a base price of $120,000 that can rise to more than $150,000 when video, stereo and picnic-table options are added, the car will...