Word: armes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these historic events, the President was acting in direct defiance of a court order. By abolishing the independent arm of the Justice Department that was created at the insistence of the Senate, Nixon was challenging the Congress that holds the power to impeach and try him for violating his oath of office...
...case, the Israeli offers of "generous" terms and the return of most of the conquered Arab lands gradually turned to a popular satisfaction in Israel with the extended space that the nation now had to breathe in, beyond the reach of Arab guns. Plenty of room and a strong arm, always at the ready, became the Israeli formula for survival, and anything else-U.N. resolutions, roving ambassadors, third-party mediations, Arab proposals-was politely listened to, but in the end rejected as false security. Against Arab hate and Soviet arms, Israelis were scornful of promises and leary of guarantees...
...Searches & Seizures, a collection of three novellas, each Elkin hero obeys his needs with results that vary from the bitterly funny to the preposterous and pathetic. Alexander Main of The Bail-bondsman is a kind of clawlike extension of the law's arm-a bondsman who pursues his work with outrageous devotion. A typical Elkin creation, Main promotes himself to legendary status, invoking history, philosophy and myth until he seems like a burlesque Mephistopheles to petty criminals...
...March when Master Leigh Hoadley and the Leverett House Civic Improvement Society proposed a connection between Gore and McKinlock Halls. The new wing over Plympton St. would support a bell tower and include a tunnel for pedestrians, automobiles and a trolley. "If people are going to resist, we shall arm and march tomorrow," Arthur N. Schwarz '56, president of the Civic Society, said...
...Contemporary Crafts in Manhattan is staging a show called "Portable World." No gypsy could crave more items that can be folded out, inflated, worn or comfortably toted. "Body extensions"-notions to be worn by people on the move-include the "Toot-a-Loop" radio, which twists around the arm like a snake. The sauna bodysuit promises to create a hotbox effect merely by being hooked up to a portable hair dryer...