Word: hilt
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...necessarily relax. Many Year 6 parents become agitated as the entry test for selective high schools approaches each March, "because the fear of not getting into one of these schools after being in a program like this is high," says Howard. "Some of these children are hothoused to the hilt...
...pulled us away from our instincts to be cruel and competitive and distrustful. Although my most sacred experiences were far away from synagogue—on a lake in the Alps, a snow-covered field in upstate New York, or hearing the opening chords of a packed to the hilt Bruce Springsteen concert—I couldn’t fully break ties with religion...
...took over in 1299, conquering neighbors, absorbing artistic styles, and creating a new, recognizable visual idiom. Objects from the first 150 years of their long rule - which ended in the early 20th century - are represented by the gold-decorated ceremonial sword of Süleyman I ("the Magnificent"), its hilt of walrus ivory missing the precious stones it once held; colorful caftans belonging to Mehmed II ("the Conqueror"), as well as the sketchbook he may have carried to lessons as a young prince. "Turks" ends with a flourish: the opulent peak of Ottoman influence more than four centuries ago, when...
...exercise in polite disappointment, as the master deflects and deflates all questions, making it clear that the meaning of his craft, like the ability to handle his swords, can't cross cultural borders. "We would not know the etiquette, how to sit, how to hold the scabbard or the hilt, how to slide the blade out by the back surface only. We were gaijin, capable of only hurting the swords or ourselves." An interview with Yoshiyuki Tomino, creator of Mobile Suit Gundam and Charley's personal hero, devolves into a virtual stalemate, each side just missing the other...
...with guns drawn. They shoot first and ask questions later. The memos by government lawyers about torture lead up, not down. But the ones who will pay the price for the scandal will be the soldiers in the field. This is a President who pushes religion to the hilt, but where is the compassion? Adolfo Cruz St. Pardoux la Rivière, France...