Word: bulletproofing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bulletproof: a document with no loopholes...
...Flynt's celebrated conversion last fall, flew in to Atlanta and called him "one of my good Christian friends." Sometime Comedian Dick Gregory visited, and so did Kennedy Assassination Theorist Mark Lane. Fellow Pornographer Al Goldstein, publisher of Screw magazine, arrived in a chauffeured black limousine and a bulletproof vest. Said he: "Maybe it was somebody down here who thought Larry was making fun of them...
...before his arrival, and he is protected by 200 bodyguards armed with Belgian automatic firearms and knives. When he makes a public speech, Somoza speaks from behind an enormous protective contraption referred to jestingly by Nicaraguans as the "fish tank" or "bath tub." This is a huge, three-sided bulletproof shed with glass so thick it distorts Somoza's features; three trucks and a crew of 20 are required to erect...
...hero of the 1967 Six-Day War?and was particularly eager to meet Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon, who commanded Israel's Sinai forces in the 1973 October War. "I planned to catch you across the canal," said Sadat, as he shook hands with Sharon. He then stepped into a bulletproof limousine for the 30-mile drive to the Holy City of Jerusalem. There Sadat would stay?for two nights?at the King David Hotel, which Begin, then leader of the underground Irgun organization, had bombed in 1946 as part of his campaign to drive the British from Palestine...
...country now has embryonic chapters of both the John Birch Society and the American Nazi party. There is a bearded ex-Minuteman who claims he is still "on the lam from the feds" in the U.S. Another is an American peddler who spent months trying unsuccessfully to sell bulletproof vests. "Let's face it," says a longtime American res ident, "if they're losers in the States, they're going to be double losers out here. They all figure that because of the pressure the country's under they'll recoup their losses...