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...their target. When Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker opened the white reinforced-concrete complex last September, few American missions ever settled into more seemingly impregnable quarters. Looming behind a 10-ft.-high wall, the six-story symbol of U.S. power and prestige is encased in a massive concrete sunscreen that overlaps shatterproof Plexiglas windows. Saigon wags soon dubbed it "Bunker's Bunker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WORLD 1969: The War The General's Gamble | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...however, with his awesome speed and helmet-first style, Rickey Henderson, 23, has brought the slippery science out of the bars and back to the bleachers. The reason? The Oakland Athletics' ebullient outfielder riddled Brock's seemingly shatterproof record last Friday night in a four-steal spree. Said a jubilant A's manager, Billy Martin: "He's the most exciting player since Mickey Mantle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rickey Henderson Steals First | 9/6/1982 | See Source »

...Soviet-made antitank grenade, fired from a rocket launcher, had smashed into the trunk, splintering the inch-thick, shatterproof rear window. Then several rounds of small-arms fire were heard. Said Kroesen later: "When I saw that all the legs and arms were in the right places, and the driver found the car would start, we took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: Return of the Red Army Faction | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

...million to improve security at U.S. embassies, chiefly in the Middle East and Central America. The money is being spent on advanced communications systems that will allow most secret data to be stored in Washington, yet still be almost instantly available to embassy officials when needed. Bars and shatterproof glass are being installed in the windows of many embassies, and vaults for sensitive documents that must be kept on hand are being reinforced. One of the most important steps, obviously, will be to ensure that secret documents that are supposed to be destroyed actually are destroyed. Thus, one esoteric idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Keep a Secret | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

...October they escaped by scuttling under a fence in the exercise yard. Recaptured, they squirmed to freedom in December through air-conditioning vents. They were caught again but broke out this month through a supposedly shatterproof glass window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Record Breakers | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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