Word: vesting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...That a go! Give to them" several bystanders exclaimed. As a group of amused spectators began to gather around the opposing orators, the conservative gentleman pulled out a crisp petition for the Ten Million for McCarthy movement from his vest pocket. No one would sign...
...first time since the "vest-pocket war" began off China's coast, the Reds last week used airplanes against Chiang Kai-shek's island bastions. Nine Russian-built, twin-engined bombers appeared over the Nationalist-held Tachens (200 miles north of Formosa and 15 miles from the Chekiang coast) and dropped more than 40 bombs, killing five persons. Previously, during the September skirmish around Quemoy, the Reds had used artillery only, and Washington concluded that the Communists were exercising prudence to make sure that air power did not tangle with the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Apparently, the Communists...
...Sheppard trial suddenly became terrible when they brought Marilyn Sheppard into the courtroom ... It was all done with seven slides in glorious Technicolor and a cocky unsentimental little medical examiner with a Phi Beta Kappa key spinning from his vest chain and a red bow tie, notably unsuitable for corpse-pointing, askew under his chin. It will take many sessions of court and a multitude of distractions to erase the first brilliantly colored picture flashed on the big white screen in the darkened courtroom at that dreadful matinee. No wonder Dr. Sam cried and would not look. She was beautiful...
Compared to Prophet Jones himself, his custom-built beige Cadillac seemed drab and commonplace. Detroit's James F. Jones. Dominion Ruler of the Church of the Universal Triumph, the Dominion of God. Inc., was wearing a $235 light brown suit, yellow checked vest, yellow shoes, red socks and red tie. Even more arresting were his gold-handled cane, the topaz earring on his left ear. the diamond, ruby and topaz rings on his left hand, the diamond and topaz bracelets and heavy gold chain on his left wrist. Prophet Jones always wears his jewelry on the left. He explains...
...armor vest was recommended for U.S. civil defense by Army doctors reporting on its success in Korea. There, the 8-lb. nylon vest defeated two-thirds of all body hits by shell fragments or low-velocity bullets. The doctors reason that it should work as well in bombed cities, where most injuries are caused by flying debris...