Word: sword
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will but set about it with an unbending resolution to achieve our end. The forces on our side are strong: the human instinct of cooperation, the universal desire for equal justice, the passionate hatred of every people in the world for the barbarous arbitrament of the sword. They are forces which are seeking for expression; forces which will need to be mobilized to control the policy of the government of every country...
...University Fencing Club entered two teams in the Eastern Team Duelling Sword Championship in Boston Saturday night, but failed to gain the championship. Team A, composed of J. S. Barss 1G., C. J. Shearn '23, and J. K. Watson '23 was defeated in the preliminary round by the B. A. A. team, 5-4. Team B, composed of Burke Boyce 1G., W. R. Brewster 1G., and S. H. Ordway Jr. 2L. tied the B. A. A. team while the N. Y. A. C. fencers won from the M. I. T. Army and Navy Club, 6-3. In the first round...
When a lady is grossly insulted, there is, in civilized countries, a double remedy. If the offender has the pretensions of a gentleman, he may be killed. If he is simply ill-bred, a dog-whip is substituted for the sword. It may be I lack the courage for martyrdom, even if I possessed the convenient opportunity. In any event I am strongly persuaded that Mr. Borah belongs to the latter class...
...blood the sword of despots drains...
...Pygmalion", the shrewd intellect of Shaw is at its clearest and wittiest. He divides the actual from the supposed or imagined with a two-edged sword. He creates true characters, pleasantly individualized. As in all his best plays, so in "Pygmalion" the dramatic technique is perfect. No machinery creaks, no awkward comings in or goings out mar the uproarious comedy of the five acts. One is haunted by the feeling that taken seriously, Mr. Shaw may turn out to be a serious man, and his plays truer than people think. Alfred Dolittle, as an impersonation of "undeserving poverty", which...