Word: helmeted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defected and had then been recaptured by the military. Although it is hard to verify the defections, a number of the demonstrators say they saw at least one of the defectors. Right after the first announcement that an MP had "dropped his rifle, taken off his belt and helmet, and walked into the crowd," a soldier missing his rifle, belt, and helmet was marched (under what appeared to be armed guard) up the steps of the Pentagon and into the building...
Then one had a chance to study the Red Sox, and one liked the prospect. This kid Andrews, Mike Andrews, the second baseman, so young and earnest. Helmet pulled way down. Stance clean and open. Uniform a little bit dirty, even in the first inning. He tried hard. One could have confidence in young Andrews...
First the left foot, scraping the dirt near the back of the box, establishing this dominion. Then, settling the helmet with the right hand. Finally the foot, closer to the plate, more mobile than the anchoring left foot. One easy practice swing--just one and then the body tightened. Bat drawn up and back with terrifying geometrical precision, lines and angles of force created by arms, elbows and wood. No nervous practice swings, just a slow waving of the bat. The pitch--and the explosion of energy, cracking the ball down the right field line...
Meals are served three times a day in an underground bunker, but only to five men at a time-so that there will never be too many men in the same place in the event of a direct hit. No one ventures above ground without his flak jacket and helmet, although most Marines carry their helmets and go bareheaded in order to hear incoming shells better. The first warning is the boom of the gun across the Ben Hai River separating the two Viet Nams. Then comes the quavering whistle of the shell tearing through the air, followed quickly...
Technology-belatedly-is coming to the aid of police in other ways as well. A new, extra-tough plastic helmet, developed by the American Safety Equipment Corp., has deflected countless bricks and bottles in such places as Newark and Cincinnati, while Pennsylvania state police have bought plastic shields, from the Gentex Corp., for even greater protection, gladiator style...