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Word: kevlar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wednesday, for 1.9 miles each way - we're to work our way up to 10 - there was nothing but the crunch of thoughts inside of our Kevlar helmets. Almost refreshing enough to carry me through 18 hours of KP the following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Private Is the Last Thing You Can Be | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...they got only some of the answers. Clinton Administration lawyers brandished the privilege they are busy trying to invoke: officers will answer general questions about what they do and where and how, but the minute the queries turn penetrating, out comes the legal Kevlar. Lew Merletti, director of the Secret Service, has made it clear from the start that he will fight Starr all the way to the Supreme Court to prevent his agents from testifying in court. And Starr's prosecutors have been just as unyielding in carrying out their boss's vow to "run down every lead" about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping It Secret | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

Armor Nylon backpack Kevlar vest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Sep. 29, 1997 | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...stuff cold. Then when the Dick Morris scandal broke, Halpin immediately dispatched the writer to find and interview a prostitute. "We wondered if maybe hookers were untapped sources of political gossip," says Halpin. For the "security issue," one of Stim's contributors wanted to put on a bulletproof Kevlar vest and let a friend shoot him in the chest. (The experiment was scotched when the shooter chickened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIFE AND DEATH ON THE WEB | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...Company conducts its first patrol away from one of the 325th Airborne Combat Team's outposts. Smolje, 5, thumps the flak jacket of Sergeant Brian Hutchens, chatters excitedly and touches the M-16 rifle while trying to mouth the sound of gunfire. The boy follows the troops, in their Kevlar body armor and laden with ammunition, over the rugged, icy landscape. The soldiers walk in a tactical road march, staggered on either side of the trail and leaving 10 meters between each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOSNIA: WARM WELCOME, COLD FEET | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

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