Word: vesting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...AIDE TO FLORIDA GOVERNOR LAWTON CHILES, ON WHY CHILES WORE A BULLET-PROOF VEST WHILE TOURING THE SITE IN MIAMI WHERE A GERMAN TOURIST WAS MURDERED
Charles M. Vest, president of MIT, said in a statement this weekend that he looks forward to an eventual final ruling in MIT's favor...
...especially for wanderers smitten by places they ought to think twice about: where quaint cultures run up against armored jeeps charging through city streets, where emergency travel kits had best include not just a bottle of Lomotil but also a bulletproof vest. The surprise is not that such dangers exist but that so many of the countries where they are commonplace want you to spend your vacation there. In the relentless quest for the tourist dollar, even places like Kashmir (400 civilians killed last month) and North Korea (no casualties, but why go?) are advertising their supposed charms...
...baseball cap emblazoned with a marijuana leaf. "I don't know why, but stuff just started getting hectic, real rough. I mean you can get jumped for no reason." The small, .25-cal. Raven pistol, which he bought from a friend, fit snugly in the pocket of his winter vest. He even took it along to his telemarketing job after work, where he earns $6.50 an hour manning the phones. He says, "If people know you have a gun, they just don't mess with...
...first seat, although he looks like he should be as happy as I am to be here. He's short and slimy, wearing an ugly pair of stonewashed jeans and a sweatshirt. At least I'm dressed like a reporter--I have my blue pin striped blazer, clashing vest and paisley shirt...