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...points) but rather the sneering and insulting tone he chose. He called his opponents "malcontents" and twice termed their proposal "ludicrous." He labeled them a "moronic Garden appeasement movement," a "pity party" and advised us to ignore their "whining." He dragged out his sarcasm, that verbal hidden dagger, in referring to the "cruel fate" and the "alleged suffering" of the Garden Streeters. He even managed a gratuitous insult against blameless Thayer Hall...
...Neolithic climber was also armed with a tiny flint dagger with a wooden handle; a net of grass, which possibly served as a carrying bag; and a pencil- size stone-and-linden tool that was probably used to sharpen arrowheads and blades. Two birchbark canisters may have been used to carry the embers from a fire, Egg speculates. The Iceman apparently toted much of his gear in a primitive rucksack with a U-shaped wooden frame...
Throughout, Isaacson continued to stress Kissinger's cloak-and-dagger brand of politics...
Some of the works in the show, such as the harem carriage -- a gilt coach designed with lattice windows so that women could look out discreetly -- have never traveled outside Turkey. The exhibition's most stunning item is the Topkapi Dagger, featured in the 1964 movie Topkapi. Created in the 1740s as a gift for the Shah of Persia, who was assassinated before he could take possession, it is a sword-length blade that is more a showpiece than a weapon. Who would want to bloody a knife with a hilt containing three walnut-size emeralds and a diamond-covered...
...habits die hard, and former enemies may have trouble joining forces, even when their interests coincide. To many in Washington, the idea of allying with an intelligence service still aggressively seeking Western technology is anathema. As well-trained spies know, the cloak of friendship and cooperation may conceal the dagger of danger and deceit...