Word: bulletproof
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...patient lay on a bed in a storage shed, separated from a three-man team of doctors by a 10-ft. wall of sandbags. A 4-in.by 10-in. hole had been cut in the wall at bed level, and a slightly larger win dow above it was fitted with bulletproof glass. Behind the sandbags and peering through the window, Air Force Major General James Humphreys was all set to start a long-distance operation. With a scalpel attached to a 6-ft. pole, and a pair of pincers that looked like the gadget used to pluck a cereal...
...organization's 36 member nations, Nkrumah had spent nearly $50 million on everything from lettered T shirts ("Long live the O.A.U.!") to his celebrated "Project 600," the conference-headquarters complex itself. Dominating it all was a twelve-story structure built to Nkrumah's taste-the luxurious bulletproof, bomb-resistant VIP hotel, known to local wags as "the Maginot Hilton." Marveling at the spacious conference room, Kwame's official weekly Spark was awestruck. "It is in this room that the fate of Africa is to be decided," it said. "It is here that Africa, mourning for her enslaved...
...Chicago manufacturer and fitted with running boards so that it could carry 13 people-including six security guards. It was equipped with a battery-powered public-address system, a papal seat that could be raised seven inches, fluorescent lamps to illuminate the Pope, and a bubble-top covering (non-bulletproof) in case of rain. More than 75 television cameras and 500 personnel were assigned to give the visit the most intensive TV exposure ever concentrated on a single event. The three major networks swallowed hard and promised not to interrupt their coverage with commercials, a sacrifice of some...
...request of the Egyptians, the banners and flags normally put up to celebrate a visiting dignitary were omitted, and the sidewalks were cleared of people as Nasser drove to the guest palace in a big black Cadillac. Since assassination rumors were in the air, the car was a special bulletproof model, insisted on by the 40 Egyptian agents sent ahead to work out security arrangements for Nasser's first visit to Saudi Arabia since 1956. In the intervening years, relations between the two states became so strained that Nasser had even forbidden Egyptian Moslems to make the pilgrimage...
...lightweight bulletproof vest and seat protector is being issued to U.S. helicopter pilots. Made of a classified combination of synthetic fibers and metal, weighing half as much as steel, the vest can absorb the full impact of a rifle or pistol bullet, shredding the bullet as it pierces the outer layer of the plating...