Word: vesting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even the most reckless photographers draw a line between the acceptable and the unacceptable risk. "When I get hit I hope it's because I'm unlucky, not stupid," says Naythons who has been known to wear a bulletproof vest. "I'm never worried about the bullet with my name on it. I'm worried about the one that says, 'To Whom It May Concern...
...into this scene not knowing what to expect notices first that everyone seems to know everyone else. Dress is plain and runs for both men and women to tractor-fixing clothes, nondesigner jeans and faded flannel shirts hanging out from under jean jackets. There isn't a sequined vest or pair of DayGlo satin Grand Ole Opry overalls in sight...
...They were riding in a car bearing a license plate seen on another car at the Nyack Shootout. Last week their connection with the robbery was confirmed by a souvenir found in Smith's pocket: a spent .38-cal. bullet, which had apparently failed to penetrate the bulletproof vest he was wearing. The slug was traced to the gun of Sergeant Edward O'Grady, one of the two policemen killed in Nyack. "Very strong evidence," said Rockland County District Attorney Kenneth Gribetz. Burns was believed to be a member of the Black Liberation Army (see box). His possible...
...insisted that AWACS was "not a partisan issue" and thus had led some in the White House to hope for his support. Byrd was so secretive that he had his staff draft two complete and contradictory speeches the night before. Then Wednesday morning, in his red speechifying vest, he spent one hour and four minutes saying no. Argued Byrd: "The primary focus of concern for the countries in the region remains the Arab-Israeli conflict, not the Soviet threat." The AWACS sale would only worsen that conflict, said Byrd, because it would "transfer the mantle of a U.S. client state...
...ripple of concern was felt about security. One man admitted that for the first time in his political life, his family had not wanted him to go on such a mission. All three Presidents had bulletproof vests. Some other dignitaries did not. (On the day of the funeral, Percy climbed into a limousine with Nixon, Ford and Kissinger and noted that the three were sitting like penguins. "My, but you look erect," said the unsuspecting Percy. "Where's your flak vest?" he was asked. It suddenly dawned on him that between him and any bullet were only two layers...