Word: longbows
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...history of the club and the longbow and the musket teaches that the ICBM will probably not be the "ultimate" weapon in the sense that no defense can ever be developed against it. But there will doubtless be a period of years, perhaps decades, when the ICBM stands as the supreme, unstoppable weapon. Should the missile standoff burst upon a world unprepared to think about the new meanings, the ICBM could cause explosive political tensions that might even trigger the missile itself. What is important, then, is for the U.S. to approach the age of the ICBM with some hard...
...Harfleur, then tried to withdraw his exhausted and vastly outnumbered army to Calais (see map). The French confronted him at Agincourt. In one of Shakespeare's most stirring verbal sennets, Henry urged his soldiers on to incredible victory. English mobility (unarmored archers) and English firepower (the quick-shooting longbow) proved too much for the heavily armored French...
...Battle of Crécy (1346) was notable for the introduction of two "secret" weapons by the British-gunpowder (which fizzled) and the longbow, with which the British put the armored French knights to rout. Nevertheless, the Hundred Years War dragged on into the next century without decisive result...
...line for the 1937 men's championship. In this grueling three-day event, each contestant fired 468 arrows at distances from 40 to 100 yards (two York and two American rounds). Each shot was the equivalent of lifting 44 to 52 Ib.-average "weight" or pull of a longbow-holding it at arm's length for 15 or 20 sec. Fatigue and nervousness often cause '"archer's freeze" which paralyzes the bowman's arm, prevents him from lifting it to the point of aim. Immunity to "archer's freeze" is a major requisite...
Reijiro Wakatsuki towers among men. He is Premier of Japan. He is six feet tall. His achievements as poet, statesman, athlete, financier are staggering (TIME, Apr. 5). At 60 he still holds the jiu-jitsu championship of Japan and twangs a deadly longbow. Last week he went a-fishing...