Word: rapiers
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...down in a little space a great wealth of condensed information on sources, problems of character and interpretation, and facts about the text. The twelve generations of Harvard men who sat at his feet in old "English 2" will recognize in delight many of the master's rapier thrusts...
...spirited attack on Sir Thomas, rapier-tongued Winston Churchill made the most of an admission that the Cabinet is keeping "fluid" its Rearmament plans. "The Government cannot make up their minds," snorted Mr. Churchill, "and so they decide only to be undecided, resolve only to be irresolute, are adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful but impotent...
TIME is my favorite magazine. It puts life and color into the dullest news topics. Its rapier thrusts puncture shams, deflate politicians; it illuminates the darkest corners of the world with its wit and wisdom. But that is not what I started out to say. In a review of the recent Kentucky Derby [TIME, May 11], which you generously and correctly described as "the nation's greatest horse race," you state that hundreds of celebrities and 70,000 other enthusiasts "made their way to shabby old Churchill Downs...
...investigations. No wonder resort must sometimes be made to bludgeoning and badgering. Otherwise in a great many cases, the defendants go through an investigation, not only with reputations enhanced, and Senators looking silly, but also they submit to not the slightest inconvenience or unhappiness. If you lack a rapier, a club or stick would seem a necessary alternative...
...Buenos Aires shooting was not over. Minister of Agriculture Luis Duhau and Minister of Finance Frederico Pinedo temporarily resigned their Cabinet posts for the purpose of challenging their accuser, 70-year-old Senator Lisandro de la Torre, to duel. The greybeard, a great rapier expert in his youth, promptly agreed to fight the Minister of Finance who had challenged first and, having the choice of weapons, picked pistols. Over 100 Argentineans, mostly prominent, watched. Hoary Senator de la Torre, his grey beard whipped by the winter breeze, drew himself up and fired into the air. Minister of Finance Pinedo, after...