Word: hammerism
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...boatmaster told a boy who was a neighbor of mine to take a hammer and hit me on the head, so that they might eat my flesh. The boy told...
...survival kit, which sells for $9.45, includes fruit, cheese, candy and other snacks. The company also offers a "knowledge hammer" for an extra...
Similar questions arise about the appointment of Armand Hammer, chairman of Occidental Petroleum, as head of the President's Cancer Panel. In 1975, Hammer pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges involving improper contributions to the campaign fund administered by Stans. It was hardly a major matter, and Hammer is an esteemed U.S. business leader. But if the President wanted a successful corporate executive to chair this panel, surely there was someone available who had not openly confessed to illegal political activities...
Since World War II, banners bearing variations of the hammer and sickle have been unfurled in 15 countries. The victory of Marxists in nations as diverse and far-flung as the Seychelles, South Yemen, Ethiopia, Angola and Nicaragua led Richard Nixon to proclaim that World War III has already begun and that the other side may be winning. Without resorting to quite the rhetorical excesses of his former boss, Secretary of State Alexander Haig uses almost every occasion he can to raise the alarm: "Moscow is the greatest source of international insecurity
...chair was rented and installed at Soviet insistence. The Soviets also asked for a scale and an electric fan. Because Brezhnev sleeps in a sitting position, dozens of pillows were brought from Moscow. To make Brezhnev feel at home, the Soviets installed call buttons stamped with the hammer and sickle...