Word: sword
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Damoclean sword has been hanging over the tobacco industry. Instead, two keen blades have been slashing away at it. Last week there were indications that firm hands had reached out, stopped one blade and grasped at the other. First and most destructive of the industry's two menaces has been the price cutting war between manufacturers, begun in April, 1928 when the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. reduced the price of Camels from the long established rate of $6.40 a 1,000 to $6. Quick to follow were Liggett & Myers with Chesterfields and Piedmonts, and the American Tobacco...
...Sword devoureth one as well as another." Hardened and harsh was King David when he spoke these words to the messenger who told him that Uriah, husband of Bathsheba, had been slain as planned. But from the new Bible is missing the whole chapter that describes the unhappy King's brief interlude of passion with Bathsheba that lush spring when he tarried in Jerusalem although it was "the time when Kings go forth to battle." Without this tale is lost one of the most important psychological links in the evolution of David from the young idealist who befriended Jonathan...
...Samurai (sword bearer) and protégé of the great feudal lord Mori, Soldier Tanaka mastered early the intricacies of warfare, proved a keen staff officer in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese war. Thrice Minister of War, he was a valued member of the Supreme War Council when he died. Released from the Army for the State in 1925 by special edict of the late Emperor Yoshihito, General Tanaka devoted himself to the then important Seiyukai (Conservative) Party -reputedly oldest in Japan. He soon became its sagacious leader and led it to power once more as Prime Minister...
...feast. He leaves with the other guests. But he returns, sinister and languid, to toy with the nerves of both murderers and audience until he chooses to reveal and confirm his suspicions. One of the slayers is then prostrated with fright. Holding the other at bay with a sword cane, Cadell shrills a police whistle as the curtain falls...
Dances. The Highland Fling, the Irish Jig, Sailor's Hornpipe and the Sword Dance were among the dances. Dancers were judged for ease and grace, correct costume, expressive "hauling" and "heaving." The sword dancer, who dances over a naked sword crossing its sheath, must not touch either, but must dance fast, with abandon. Best-Dressed Highlander. He must own his clothes. His shoes must be low-cut brogues without buckles. The kilt must be made of his clan tartan, worn plain, no bows, no ribbons. The sporran (bag) must be of mottled leather or fur. If fur, the animal must...