Word: vesting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American product Reed brought with him to El Salvador was not favorably received his bullet-proof vest. These are illegal in the country, for fear they will fall in the hands of the rebels. "I wasn't expecting an assassination attempt." Reed explains. "But I knew I'd be covering dangerous stories, and a bullet-proof vest was a tool of my trade...
...vest was confiscated at the airport. But, Reed recalls, the soldiers used armor-piercing shells anyway. He laughs boldly when he recalls this--something which suggests the lack of emphasis he puts on his own welfare and safety when capturing often devastating human adversity. Through his own modesty and even more through his pictures, he seems determined to promote slices of life otherwise scorned or ignored...
Good evening, this is your anchorman, Harry Hairspray, with the Six O'clock News. Tonight's top story: VIDEO GOES VEST POCKET...
Jerry has finished his bagel, and he stands up to put on his jacket. His friend puts out her cigarette and gets into her down vest, and the two of them head for the door. The counterman is talking on the pay-phone--"Yeah, 24 hours," he is saying--but he puts his hand over the mouthpiece and shouts, "Hey, the bill...
...calendar said September, but the audiences filling Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House obviously did not believe it. When the jaunty man in the black vest and open-necked shirt sauntered out from the wings, it was April in Paris and the giant stage was a boulevard: for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, Yves Montand is once again on tour in America...