Word: scabbard
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...Hungarian people and it should be with them." To emphasize the importance that the U.S. attaches to the gesture, Secretary of State Vance is scheduled to lead the U.S. delegation at this week's ceremonial return of the crown and other Hungarian artifacts, including the royal sword and scabbard, golden orb, and scepter...
...raping her [Aug. 12] reminded me of a similar story about a praetor in Caesar's army who also had a woman complain to him that she had been raped. The praetor handed the woman his sword and asked her to sheathe it while he moved the scabbard. The woman took his sword and lopped off his hand, causing the scabbard to fall to the floor. After that she had no problem sheathing the sword...
...Napoleon knew that man can't thread a moving needle. When a woman complained to the Emperor that she had been raped by one of his officers, he handed her his sword and asked her to sheathe it while he moved the scabbard...
Five months almost to the day after the Arabs unsheathed their oil weapon they decided to put it back in the scabbard-at least for a while. As expected, oil ministers of nine Arab nations* conferring in Tripoli reached a basic agreement last week to lift the ban on oil sales to the U.S., though not the similar prohibitions on exports to The Netherlands, Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa. But they left the world waiting to hear just when and for how long they would permit oil to flow to the U.S. again; according to one report, they will decide...
Buckley's predecessor, Howard E. Fitzpatrick, who died last April, followed the lead of the Sheriffs preceding him by appearing at all Harvard Commencements attired in a top hat, morning coat, and striped pants with a sword and scabbard at the belt...