Word: knighting
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...which the "tank and aircraft ruled the battlefield." The introduction of new highly mobile and simply operated antiaircraft and antitank missiles, Smart argues, "marks a transformation that recalls the way in which the longbow enabled the English foot soldier of the 14th century to overcome the mounted knight. The Arab guiding his Snapper [antitank missile] to destroy a 50-ton tank has been refighting the Battle of Crécy." Indeed, for the first time since 1916, when the tank made its combat debut in the Battle of the Somme, a single infantryman armed with an antitank guided weapon...
Hanratty fired his pair of touchdowns in the first period as Pittsburgh built a 14-6 halftime lead. Curt Knight kicked two field goals in the first half and added another in the third period...
Deknatel, an expert on medieval and modern art, taught at Harvard from 1932 until his retirement last year. He was the author of "Edvard Munch," the first English biography of the Norwegian expressionist. After its publication in 1950, Deknatel was awarded the "Knight's Cross First Class, of the Royal Order of St. Olaf" by the Norwegian government...
...GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS--Gladys Knight's voice can be driving, caressing, pained, or good-humored. She's one of the finest soul singers to be heard, and her group has been around a long, long time. I'd pay the price of admission to hear "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" sung ten times. I've never seen a Pips concert, but Ms. Knight's superb recording style is probably intoxicating in person...
...GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS--Fri. Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., Orpheum Theater...