But the brochures make no mention of the disquieting presence of an estimated 600,000 Indian soldiers, some of them visible at intervals of around 100 yards along the roadside, in bullet-resistant vests, rifles dangling at their sides.
As a sanctioned chaplain of the Salt Lake Games, Rabbi Zippel was wearing his official Olympic uniform, including his nifty purplish-blue vest, tzitzis dangling from the waist.
So, too, are the black pants, the peach-colored vest and the tiny cross dangling from her neck.
The utility dog vest, the paw-print tchotchkes dangling from nylon leashes, the sensible black office flat with a drab grosgrain bow those are American accessories.
The ad, which dates back to 1995, features Fey's analysis of the many meanings of "hi"/ high," while she sports a very era-appropriate haircut, dangling earrings and a vest that just defies description.
More practical was the vest pocket camera, with a shutter release cable dangling down the sleeve into the hand.
Aja wore a vest and a pair of slacks covered in dangling pearls that looked like something that Cher would have worn on The Sonny and Cher Show.
He never left the house, even to buy the newspaper, in anything but a suit and tie, the gold fob of his Patek Philippe pocket watch dangling from the left pocket of his vest.
Petrie was clearly an organized man: a painter's ladder was dangling from the railing of the porch, and a clutch of orange life vests hung within reach of a fibreglass canoe that was tethered to the house.
