Word: sabered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soldiers knew the name of Sir Samuel James Browne, not for any of these solid accomplishments, but for his casual invention, some time in the 1870s, of a handy leather uniform belt. As a one-armed man, Sir Samuel had trouble managing the dangling saber at his left side. To solve the problem he hooked the saber up to his waist belt within easy reach, then designed a cross-belt running over the right shoulder to carry part of the weight. Two-armed officers liked the belt as much as Sir Samuel did. The Sam Browne belt became standard throughout...
...shots who had lined their pockets well, were rounded up, their property confiscated. Marshal Badoglio, erstwhile partner of the Blackshirts, hoped thus to convince the people of Fascismo's demise. But the rule now was comparable in harshness to the rule in Fascismo's harsh era. Saber-wielding carabinieri cowed peace demonstrators and strikers in northern Italy. New decrees muzzled the press. The jails filled with a new batch of political prisoners. Six Socialists were executed as traitors...
Four spring dances are in the offing for the QM unit, the first of these being sponsored by "Saber and Key", QM organization, and to be held on Friday evening, March 5, in Carey Cage...
...second dance scheduled by "Saber and Key" will fall sometime during April, the exact date remaining as yet uncertain. The final dance of the spring will be HBSA sponsored and is planned...
...Karl Muck leered over him on the conductor's stand, snapping the chords from the orchestra as a Mephistopheles would crack a whip over his minions, and the two played into each other's hands with a deviltry beyond words. Hah! The intrepidity, the dash, the saber and spur of it, the wild exhilaration, the reckless mastery of the whole business...