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body armour

A term coined by W Reich in reference to a person’s muscular and emotional blocks, which are due to the repression of one’s sexuality and the cause of most disease. Body armour is thus a constellation of postures and expressions that mould to a personality and protect it from the world. Reich divided body armour into 7 segments: eyes, mouth, neck, chest and arms, diaphragm, abdomen, and pelvis and legs. The Reichian therapist’s role is to choose exercises that act on and ultimately removes the body armour.
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Armed forces internationally make use of some form of body armour as part of their personal protective system.
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Ranger Boyd said: "I feel lucky to have got out of this uninjured but I think it just shows what a fantastic piece of kit the Osprey body armour system is."
As a result, the material is also far less likely to distort than standard body armour, which generally bends inwards when a bullet strikes, preventing death, but causing considerable pain.
Tactical Solution Partners Inc (OTCBB: TTSR), a provider of innovative homeland security technology products and services, announced on Friday (21 March) that the company has introduced ArmoRight, a new body armour system.
"Frontline officers need to wear body armour to conduct their duties safely while protecting the public.
"These new shirts are specially designed to be comfortably worn with the body armour and look smart and professional.
"She told me I was so full of hot air that I wouldn't be able to find any body armour to fit me.
One of her colleagues told my husband that before she went, she was measured up for body armour.
The inquest into Sgt Roberts's death heard he was left exposed by "serious failings" in the Army's supply and training methods which meant he had to give up his personal body armour just three days before.
Described by Defence Secretary Des Browne earlier this year as 'a world-leading system', Osprey Improved Combat Body Armour was designed to give better protection for forces facing attack by insurgents.
Challenge Number One: Wrap yourself in two big garbage bags, then divide your weight in two and load a back pack with that much weight and carry it, then find the heaviest stick you can find and carry it around in 50[degrees]C heat, then tell me you want more body armour. Challenge Number Two: Find a fight we've been in over here where we haven't been fighting in the lush, GREEN countryside.
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