Word: armorers
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...couple of drunken nights, suffering a spiritual hangover of guilt. Now he leads a weekly Bible study in his secular frat. It's a daunting challenge, but he draws strength from Paul's letter to the Ephesians, in which the Apostle urges believers to "put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil." The idea "is very manly," Straub says with a smile. "If I'm saying to God, 'You're my man,' then I have to aspire to be a warrior...
...penchant for medieval architecture, cultivated during trips abroad and tours of stone fortresses in the U.S. and Europe. For years, Kim had also nurtured a passion for Renaissance Revival--style antiques from the 1800s and collected items such as a 1900s grandfather clock and a 17th century suit of armor. In December 2002 the twosome set out to build their own castle in Middlefield, Mass., a quiet, rural community in the Berkshire Mountains that has a few well-hidden, elegant homes. Kim, 49, helped design the structure and is serving as general contractor for the 11,000-sq.-ft., three...
Although it has one-third more manpower than NATO, and twice as much armor and artillery, the pact is evidently under considerable strain. When the signatory nations met last April in Warsaw to formally renew the alliance for 20 more years, Nicolae Ceausescu of Rumania let it be known that he favored an extension of only five years. Many East Europeans view the 535,000 uniformed Soviet soldiers stationed in their countries as an army of occupation. That impression is reinforced by the ultimate control exercised by Soviet officers during military maneuvers, which are conducted four times a year...
...horseback, the warlord had to stand out from the anonymous mass of his footsloggers, archers and pikemen. In full rig, cased like a land crab in the formal armor that was designed to protect him against sword cuts and even the slow-flying lead balls of a matchlock, he was a sight: the armor consisted of hundreds of lacquered leather platelets, like fish scales, bound together with silk cord. But his mask, finial, badge and troops' standard, all in one, was the helmet, on whose design much fantasy and theatrical cunning were expended. Because they were an inviting target...
...Likewise, the clam is peaceable to us; but when one sees the magnificent 17th century helmet in this show, with the two halves of a clam shell in black lacquered leather rising from the crest like the wings of the Angel of Death, its power as an image of armor is undeniable...