Word: daggering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most thought of by American students because it is the key to enjoyment. As a means of making money, "knocking other people down to step into their shoes" has been fostered since their childhood as a kind of philosophy of life. To seek personal advancement, they may, with a dagger, pierce the back of the person who "obstructs" them, be that person one of their best friends! In Chicago there was the conspiracy of two university students to kill a baby. Their motive was very simple: to do a shocking thing like that would make them famous...
...brawl. Four Korean players were carted off to a doctor with broken teeth, cuts, bruises, and other assorted injuries. Adding insult to injury, the referee announced that because the Koreans were unable to continue play, the game was forfeited to Thailand. As a final fillip, somebody threw a dagger at one of the Korean players...
...under the government's wing, a "modest gain" of about 5% in the first eight months of 1966. Accentuating the positive, he notes a rapid increase to 28,539 workers in the key Revolutionary Development Cadre program, describing the 59-man teams sent into the countryside as "a dagger pointed at the Viet Cong's heart" (though an official Vietnamese assessment in preparation tells another story-of faulty recruiting, bad training, improper use of workers and ill-advised psychology). Komer notes proudly that 12,106 Viet Cong have surrendered under the Chieu Hoi (Open Arms) amnesty program...
Without uttering a word, Tsafendas drew the dagger out of its leather sheath, plunged it three times into Verwoerd's chest and once into his neck. The House looked on in horror, too stunned to move. Verwoerd tried to raise one arm to protect himself, then, confused, used it to brush back his hair. He slumped over, blood spurting through his shirt...
Bang! Bang! You're Dead! Tony Randall whirls just in time to see a chap fall out of a closet. The chap lies very still, and Tony notices a large dagger stuck between his shoulder blades. Eyes narrowed, Tony thinks fast, then offers his analysis of the situation: "There's been some foul play...