Word: speared
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...Ever increasing staffs of experts have bolstered the self-confidence of the men on the Hill?some of whom had ample self-confidence to begin with. The aides often know as much or more about the subjects than the newcomers in the White House and can stun the Carter spear carriers with questions...
...Morgoth whispered in the ear of Fëanor, to trouble him further. Together they came to Valinor and Morgoth pierced the two sacred trees with his spear and Ungoliant drank their light's blood from out of them and the two creatures escaped and a twilight settled upon the world. And the Valar called Fëanor to them and asked him to give up his Silmarils so that there might be light. But Fëanor would not. At that moment Morgoth attacked Fëanor's distant castle and took the jewels...
...Thracian warrior and his horse were both dead, the aristocrat's head lolling in the ditch, golden breastplate crumpled where the spear had struck, fist clutched tardily, forever, at the hilt of a jewelled dagger...
...spear-carrying tribesmen of Papua New Guinea-homeland of the cargo cults and of islanders who once regarded L.B.J. as a demigod-have a new Western hero to worship. No, not the Fonz or Jimmy Carter, but the masked comic-strip marvel who lives in the Skull Cave of Bangalla-namely, the Phantom...
...Lasorda is in his rookie season as manager of the Dodgers. After 27 years as a spear carrier in the organization, he is enjoying the big job. Says he: "Managing during this streak has been a lot more fun than it was watching from the bench back in '55." An open, ebullient man, subject to sudden attacks of overstatement (Dodger Stadium is "blue heaven on earth"; "Cut me, I bleed Dodger blue"), Lasorda is the antithesis of Predecessor Walter Alston, who perfected the art of keeping his own counsel. "I believe in whooping it up, patting guys...