Word: daggerisms
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...Muslim rulers of India from 1526 to 1858, were the Taliban's basic nightmare. They loved jewelry and ornamentation of all kinds, gleefully adapted local and European techniques and had a high threshold for excess. This eye-popping exhibition includes all one can imagine making with precious stones (dagger handles, walking sticks and fly whisks) and lots of things one cannot (a back scratcher, a pedestal for a huqqa--hookah, to some--and a conch-shell holder). The show, organized by the Kuwait National Museum and the Met, will also bedazzle London; Cleveland, Ohio; and Houston. Be warned: your preconceptions...
Harvey—whose dagger with 1:10 remaining was his first shot attempt in the second half—led the Crimson (3-1, 0-0 Ivy) with 24 points. Senior Tim Coleman added 12 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season as the Crimson shot a sizzling 54.5 percent for the game...
...years, cloak-and-dagger stories have circulated that Soviet suitcase nukes (also known as atomic demolition munitions, or ADMs) had gone unaccounted for and presumably ended up on the Russian black market. The Russians have offered confusing and conflicting statements about the disposition of their ADMs, leading some to suspect the worst. The ADMs weigh from 60 lbs. to 100 lbs., according to Bruce Blair, a former U.S. Air Force officer and expert on Soviet nuclear weapons. They could be carried in a case 8 in. by 16 in. by 24 in. The fissile material inside the mini-nukes degrades...
...tough to come back from a 3-0 deficit, especially on the road," Kerr said. "[The third goal] was the dagger in the heart...
...running mate hardly designed to win many new converts - hasn't even left for Philadelphia yet. Bounces come when big political headlines awaken sleeping voters. The GOP hopes that with a majority still telling pollsters they've given "little or no thought" to November, a four-day, sheathed-dagger infomercial in the City of Brotherly Love will make a lasting first impression. The announcement may be over, but the unveiling is yet to come...