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...pursuer has thrown away his shield for the sake of speed; and his mount, still fresh, bites at the rump of the other. But it is his weapons of offense that the fleeing man has dropped to lighten the load on his horse; the useless shield still hangs by his thigh. And his foundering horse, whose drooped crest, breaking pace and running nostrils show it in extremity, bears out with unmistakable pathos the difference between the fortunes of the riders...
Forum of Hate. The noisy debate of the McCarthy charges, she said, had reduced the Senate "to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity." Added Senator Smith: "I am not proud of the reckless abandon in which unproved charges have been hurled from this [Republican] side of the aisle. I am not proud of the obviously staged, undignified countercharges that have been attempted in retaliation...
...Communism, he said, any man "who claims he is a Catholic is accorded special attention and authority when discussing Communism." Therefore he felt bound to protest "not only as a Catholic but as an American when I feel that the church ... is being used by an individual as a shield and a cloak...
...Elis have a strong defense, too, Bill Schultz, Ken Bruce, and Dave Eldredge set up a tight shield around goalie Pete Parker...
...mainland, Red General Lin Piao was ready for the overwater jump to Hainan. Unlike Nationalist China's other island, Formosa, which lies 100 deep-water miles from the Red-held coast, Hainan has only a narrow channel (15 miles) separating it from the continental shore. Behind a thin shield of gunboats and planes, Nationalist General Hsueh Yueh had tried to pull together Hainan's army of 160,000, mostly remnants of the south China retreat...