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...western copper town of Kolwezi remained in Katanga's grip; it was defended by 2,000 boozy gendarmes, 100 of Tshombe's white mercenaries, and a smashing blonde ambulance driver known as "Madame Yvette," who sauntered about in paratroop boots, camouflage uniform, bush hat and shoulder holster. Only 50 miles from Kolwezi, Indian infantrymen probed cautiously forward, waiting only for the signal to head full blast toward the town. But the signal would not be given rashly, for the ragtag mercenaries threatened to blow up a huge dam and industrial installations, leaving the town a blackened shell. They...
Occupational Hazard. Cairo Radio still beams shrill demands that "the criminal King of Jordan" be overthrown, and Hussein never leaves his palace without a loaded pistol in his shoulder holster. But plucky little Hussein - scornfully referred to by Cairo as "transistor-size" because of his 5-ft. 6-in. height - has a king-size knack for survival. This year alone, he escaped three murder attempts, all laid to Nasser. "Assassination." says Premier Wasfi Tal dryly, "is an occupational hazard for the King and his Cabinet...
...that 3 beatnick-type-thug-like young hoodlums were in the rear and evidently following me. As I neared a small street intersection--they came on--one on the left--one on the right--& one in back--evidently to surround me. But--I quickened my pace and dangled my holster: I pulled out my trusty pipe in gun-like fashion. "Stop this moment--or I'll fire at you--I have a loaded gun in my hand...
Moral: (Food For Thought) if you don't carry a gun--keep a holster & pipe on hand. They may have mugged & robbed me & may have killed me. Who knows? Jack ("Uncle Jack") Levine, Associated with Leavitt & Peirce
Author Fleming calls this "the bang-bang kisskiss formula." But it takes more than this to account for the undisputed eminence of James Bond as the best-known wearer of a shoulder holster in print. One explanation is Bond's universal expertise. His man-of-the-worldsmanship is so explicit that his fans' fantasies have a rich and varied diet to feed on. His cigarettes, with their three distinctive gold rings (a considerable security risk), are blended for him of a Balkan tobacco mixture by Morlands of Grosvenor Street. For breakfast: "The single egg in the dark blue...