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A good deal more excitement went, too, at the hands of the designers. These days no one really expects Fricka to ride on in a chariot drawn by rams, but why sacrifice the whole idea of the Valkyries as warriors? Shields and spears are banished from this Valhalla (directed by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Triumphant Sieglinde | 3/3/1975 | See Source »

Her teammates, Sally Spears fencing in beginners and captain Sara Kimball in the advanced class, bowed out in the opening round by 3-4 and 1-4 scores respectively.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Redeem Lost Weekend | 2/25/1975 | See Source »

A "poem of force," French Philosopher Simone Weil once called the Iliad in what must be regarded as howling Gallic understatement. On Homer's blood-drenched plains of Troy, spears cleave through a man's tongue and shatter his teeth or pierce an eye socket. Swords sever heads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: War and Peace | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

Arms from George III. Richard Tregaskis' "biography" is therefore a blend of the fanciful and the factual. But it makes a fascinating tale that hurtles home like one of its hero's long spears. Kahekili, the warlord who was probably Kamehameha's real father, attempted to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Polynesian Arthur | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

He has dozens of flashcards of planes and tanks, and he knows all the numbers and countries they belong to. In a back pocket, he has dozens of coat hangers twisted into spears. In his front pocket, when he is not brandishing it, is a large bunch of squashed tooth...

Author: By Amanda Bennett, | Title: Bombs and Le Bon Dieu | 2/16/1974 | See Source »

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