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vest

  • n  a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
  • n  a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
  • v  provide with power and authority
    They vested the council with special rights
  • v  place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
    She vested her vast fortune in her two sons
  • v  become legally vested
    The property vests in the trustees
  • v  clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
  • v  clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

  • An official at the Ministry of the Interior told PTI that the bomber was wearing a suicide vest and was likely a guard for one of the members of parliament.
  • Security forces were tipped off to the location of two suicide vests, and rumors floated that authorities were looking for a third.
  • Recruits try on their bulletproof vests at the New York City Police Academy in New York City.
News & Articles

  • Video Premiere: The Material, 'Life Vest'
    The Material fight to stay afloat in their "Life Vest" video. California hard rockers The Material sure know how to make getting drenched in water look attractive. Actually, to rephrase: The Material sure know how to make getting drenched in water, singing underwater, and playing their instruments WHILE getting drenched in water look attractive. (Like, [...]
    June 27, 2013 - MTV
  • Netflix: Reed Hastings is Selling Stock Again
    NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Of course, this is how technology executives get paid. By exercising stock options. And, as his 10-year employee options begin to vest monthly, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is back to unloading millions of dollars' worth of NFLX stock. This does not come as a surprise. Netflix told us it was coming in its January 23, 2013 letter to shareholders: Starting in July, Reed has ...
    June 26, 2013 - TheStreet.com
  • Hot Weather Rx: Coolture Launches Lifestyle Cooling Vest to Prevent Heat Injury in Hot Weather
    In these hottest months of the year, Coolture’s innovative cooling vest helps to prevent the risk of heat injury, while also improving physical endurance in warm weather. (PRWeb June 25, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10864580.htm
    June 25, 2013 - PRWeb
Quotes

  • Gene Barry in ABC News
    I went over to the wardrobe department, picked out a brocaded vest, looked in the mirror, and there was this elegant gentleman,he recalled in 1999. "I said, 'Hey, that's Bat! That's me!'"
  • Kevin Farley in Newsweek
    I didn't tell anyone, not even my brother John, I had this part,said Farley, sitting in a conference room chair across from Zucker at VivendiEntertainment, the film's distributor. "We wanted to keep it close to the vest. Meanwhile, I'm...
  • Alvaro Uribe in International Herald Tribune
    An officer mistakenly and contrary to orders ...... put a piece of cloth on his vest that carried the symbol of the International Committee of the Red Cross,Uribe said in a speech in Bogota.

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