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...confidence in the Bible, wouldn't an armor-plated one offer a bit more? Riverside Book & Bible of Iowa Falls has seen sales of its steel-jacketed Bibles surge as families order them for relatives in the gulf. The company's new Good Book ($19.95), which is not guaranteed bulletproof, comes inscribed with a verse from Psalms 28: "The Lord is my strength and my shield." Meanwhile, the 200,000 free Bibles given to soldiers by the International Bible Society have been camouflaged in desert colors. One such book sits on allied commander Norman Schwarzkopf's desk...
...Detroit. The brothers, who moved there from Iraq in the mid-1970s, own a convenience store at the intersection of Seven Mile and Van Dyke roads, an easy rifle shot from streets lined with abandoned houses and open-air drug markets. To look at their tidy store, swaddled in bulletproof glass, surrounded by surveillance cameras and equipped with a small arsenal in back, one would think they too were in the middle...
...priest's supporters are not taking any chances. Since the election, Aristide has made no statements or public appearances. He now wears a bulletproof vest and sleeps in a different location every night. Until he takes office in February, the most immediate threat is from forces loyal to Duvalier. Roger Lafontant, a former leader of Duvalier's dreaded Tontons Macoutes, has vowed he will "do anything" to prevent Aristide from becoming President...
...twelve-day, eight- city U.S. tour. For one brief, wistful moment, a city that had been pounded by a series of violent racial incidents seemed to vibrate with one voice shouting "Mandela!" More than 750,000 people lined the streets of lower Manhattan as Mandela sped by in a bulletproof glass chamber borne on a flatbed truck. At a rally on the steps of City Hall, Mandela was presented with the key to the city by Mayor David Dinkins, one of the five African-American mayors who will welcome him on his trip (a sixth, Marion Barry of Washington, will...
Looks like I've got my work cut out for me, Diane. There are network executives to question. A suspicious one-armed man has been hanging around the Nielsen offices. Get Albert and his team on the case. Now if I can just get out of this bulletproof vest...