Word: armorers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whenever a political figure moves to front-and-center stage, cartoonists search for a stereotype of him that will be instantly recognizable to the public in whatever armor, spaceman's suit or caveman's costume the artist puts him in to get a smile or make a point. Jeff MacNelly of the Chicago Tribune insists that the public too must have some clear visual impression of a person before "we can get a little crazy in caricaturing him with a kind of shorthand." The Universal Press Syndicate's Pat Oliphant says, "I hate changes of Administrations...
Trailing 1-0, Templeton's double ignited a three-run fifth inning against Cubs right-hander Dennis Eckersley. The Padres finally had found a chink in the Cuba pitching armor, which had held San Diego to only 11 hits and two runs in the two previous playoff games, which Chicago had won at home...
Under the heading "Armor" was this classic paragraph: "Scout vehicles dart in, spot the enemy. Report, Call in the heavyweights. Tanks, Big Tanks. Up to 57 tons of steel and 750 horsepower come thundering in on each set of treads, Stop. Fire, Maneuver, Stand your ground, Slug it out, Mighty machines. But battles...
...stabs against New England a week ago inched him over 12,000. It was an embarrassing game that the Seahawks led by 23 points and lost by 15. Patriot Rookie Irving Fryar caught the first touchdown pass of his pro career. Even before Harris had shed all of his armor afterward, Fryar appeared at Franco's stall and quietly sat down next to a bald man with an amiable smile, Bill Gordon, who happened to coach them both in high school. Gordon regarded the two players with the pleasure of an architect imagining his last house adjoining his first...
...Armor-piercing ("cop killer") bullets were in the possession of Mass Killer James Huberty. What more will it take for Congress to enact HR 5835 or S 2766? These bills would ban the sale of such ammunition to licensed gun dealers and would limit possession to local, state and federal agencies...