Word: maces
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...five huge fans whirled lazily overhead, the mace-bearing sergeant at arms stomped into Georgetown's 19th century House of Assembly to declare the presence of the Speaker of Guyana's Parliament. Opening last week's regular session on the eve of the former British colony's tenth anniversary of independence, the Speaker then interrupted a droning debate about a pension scheme, with a notable announcement: after a three-year boycott, the opposition People's Progressive Party, led by dedicated Marxist Cheddi Jagan, had agreed to take its seats in Parliament. The return...
...changed the entire flavor of his character-a bounty hunter called Robert E. Lee Clayton-inventing a deadly hand weapon resembling both a harpoon and a mace that he uses to kill. "I always wondered why in the history of lethal weapons no one invented that particular one. It appealed to me because I used to be very expert at knife throwing...
...future, the store may employ women to patrol the aisles with concealed cans of mace, the store's day-time cashier said yesterday...
Taylor said the spray smelled like insecticide and may have been mace...
After one and one-half hours of protests, Mace Wenniger, director of development and planning for the BRA, dismissed the gathering because, he said. "The tenor of the meeting was one where further constructive comments and questions are not forthcoming...