Word: saxonizes
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...Saxon rulers prided themselves on their armories, and in Washington an airy gallery evokes the power and pageantry of their court. The gallery is dominated by a mounted knight in full ceremonial armor, flanked by armor for a six-year-old boy; the walls bristle with swords, crossbows and wheel-lock pistols, and are enlivened by four panels showing jousters at the moment of impact...
Besserman, who teaches English 10, "The Tradition of English Literature," and English 200a, "Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Poetry," will be leaving for Israel in August, even though his contract with Harvard was not due to expire until the end of next year...
Admirable, but not convincing. Here Gardner side-steps the logical problem, defining love in terms of art and then repeating the same thing backwards. More often he resorts to metaphor. His metaphors are quirky, personal, often drawn from the Northeastern countryside of his youth or the Greek and Anglo-Saxon myths of his beloved Homer and Beowulf. They're catchy, too; but usually in On Moral Fiction Gardner presents us with a serious question, flings a captivating metaphor at us, and hurries away to some other problem before we have time to ask for answers...
...even sure that our defense policymakers are identifying the proper issues." Luttwak went further, speculating that Americans may lack the innate characteristics needed for strategic thinking. He argued: "Ours is not a culture oriented toward the accumulation and rational use of power. We have a kind of Anglo-Saxon, pragmatic penchant for separating problems into small pieces. But the essence of strategy is to look at all the pieces together...
...would rank high, and Hungarian would win the blasphemy prize hands down. Also notable are Turkish rhymed insults, deadly serious Eskimo singing duels and a sneaky insult in Hindi that translates literally as "brother-in-law" but actually means "I slept with your sister." In general, says Aman, Anglo-Saxon cultures prefer insults dealing with excrement and body parts, Catholic countries are fond of blasphemy, and cultures of the Middle and Far East are partial to ancestor insults...