Word: sword
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...story is drawn from certain episodes in the Nibelungen legends from which Richard Wagner fashioned famous operas. The forging of the sword, the search for the princess Kremhild; the pact to trick Brunhild into marriage with Kremhild's brother; and the death of Siegfried are chief incidents. The magic of ancient imaginations lives again in the magic of the modern camera as Siegfried wanders through the enchanted wood, slays the dragon, becomes impervious to weapon wounds, captures the web whereby he can change his shape at will...
...necessary a larger army. The question of soldiers was something Abd-el-Krim never had to worry about. The fame of his victories spread far and wide with considerable exaggeration. Gradually the various tribes began to look upon him as the soldier of Islam who was taking up the sword against the infidel Spanish and French. Abd-el-Krim was fighting, however, primarily for the independence of the Riff territory, but, willy-nilly, he was forced to fight for Islam. Perhaps, the role was not altogether displeasing; for at length he was proclaimed Sultan, his brother was made heir with...
Deputy Giovanni Conti and Signor Curseio Suckert pricked each other's faces with swords until blood blinded them and physicians stopped the duel. The first gentleman had objected to an article which the second gentleman had written. The fight followed a recent reaction against sword-duelling which was called a "silly survival of Romanticism...
Venezuela. In Washington, the sword of General Jose Antonio Paez, Liberator of Venezuela, was presented as a gift of honor to U. S. General John J. Pershing by the Venezuelan Charge d' Affaires, Dr. Francisco Gerardo Yanes. The sword, the most sacred trophy of the Republic, was accompanied by the Order of the Liberators, Venezuela's highest order, together with an album containing photographs of the General's recent visit to the South American Republic...
Beyond. With the death of Das, what is to become of Swaraj? It was, and probably still is, a vital question for all Anglo-Indians. Will Swaraj and its non-violence fall by the red sword of violent revolution? Who could stop it? Not Gandhi, for he has lost most of his following. But perhaps the Pandit Motilal Nehru, the next greatest disciple of Swaraj and always the most formidable intellect of the party...