Word: bulletproofing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assassins. They love to get out among the people−"to press the flesh," in Lyndon Johnson's homey phrase−to show that they are just plain Americans after all (see The Presidency, page 18). No one could reach the White House while campaigning from behind a bulletproof glass. Just hours after his near escape, Gerald Ford was emphatically and calmly telling newsmen that "this incident under no circumstances will prevent me or preclude me from contacting the American people as I travel from one state to another and from one community to another...
...being spoiled, and that car is a treat to ride around in," allowed Actor Ben Gazzara after driving to the Chicago premiere of Capone in Big Al's own Cadillac limousine. The six-ton, bulletproof car, built in 1928 and later used by President Franklin Roosevelt, had been specially shipped in for the premiere from its permanent display place in Niagara Falls, Canada. "I'd love to have it for city driving," quipped Gazzara, who came to the screening decked out in a Capone-style pin-stripe suit, full-length rabbit coat, and half of the extra...
...director (he was responsible for administration and investigation activities), Tolson handled a pistol convincingly in many of the spectacular arrests that built the FBI's G-man image in the 1930s. But mainly he was the director's loyal alter ego: he shared J. Edgar's bulletproof Cadillac, his meals, his afternoons at the race tracks, and inherited the bulk of his $551,500 estate when Hoover died...
...underscore the informal tone that he has set for his presidency, Ford dispensed with Nixon's trappings-a stagey backdrop of blue velvet draperies and a massive, bulletproof lectern. Instead, Ford stood before a door that was symbolically left open and used a narrow, hourglass-shaped stand. He wore no makeup; despite the bright lights for the television cameras, he did not perspire. He seemed relaxed and self-assured-in part perhaps because he had carefully gone over the issues with five key aides for two hours on Tuesday and for another hour the morning of the press conference...
Pandemonium broke out. As the assassin raced down the center aisle, spectators leaped from their seats and screamed. Security men rushed toward the stage. Park, displaying the cool aplomb of a professional soldier, ducked behind the bulletproof lectern while his bodyguards returned the fire. A 16-year-old high school girl in the audience was killed in the Shootout. Another bullet struck the gunman in the leg; he was wrestled to the floor and carried out of the hall. A third bullet hit Park's charming wife Yook Young Soo, who was seated on the dais directly behind...