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...terms of the naval discipline of the time he had to be a brute, and he could order a sentence of what amounted to death by torture (i.e., 250 lashes of a cat-o'-nine-tails) for a seaman caught looting...
...secret, is shipped away to Italy, but there's a fiord in his future. Ragnar's raiders capture the child and take him back to Norway as a thrall. Nobody knows that Ragnar is the boy's father, and Eric (Tony Curtis) loathes the old brute almost as much as he hates his half brother Einar (Kirk Douglas), who is Ragnar's legitimate son and heir. One day Eric flies his hawk at Einar's face, and the beast tears out one of his eyes-a scene that is especially effective in Technicolor. In reprisal...
...difficult, sophisticated way to fly a jet plane off a short runway or no runway at all is to design it so it can stand on its tail like the Ryan Vertijet and zoom directly upward. The simple, brute-force way is to blast it into the air with rocket power. Last week the Air Force announced that the "zero-length" launch, done in the past with less advanced airplanes, has been accomplished with North American's supersonic F-100D fighter...
...these two pressing French dilemmas is partially offset in many minds by apprehension as to the future of French democracy under the Cross of Lorraine. De Gaulle's demand for six months of decree powers, some claim, is only a foretaste of a stern dictatorship backed up by the brute force of the military. The general's past political record, however, has been one of strict adherence to constitutional forms, even in the face of bitter frustration. In 1946, when it became clear that the Constitution would make the Presidency meaningless, de Gaulle resigned the post voluntarily, even though...
...ancient times," says Rhyne, "disputes between individuals were settled by brute strength in a fight. We have now largely progressed to a point where such person-v. -person disputes are settled un der the rule of law in the courts. But the rule of the jungle still largely prevails as the ultimate decider of disputes between nations. We must now progress to the point where the rule of law is applied in the courts to the disputes of nation...