Word: sword
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...persons who don't change are dead, or involuntarily confined in mental hospitals." More than an ideologue, Dirksen was a total and masterly politician. His 35 years on Capitol Hill equipped him with intricate parliamentary skills, and his basic instincts were conciliatory. "The oilcan is mightier than the sword," he believed. Moreover, from his first days in Washington until his death, his primary concern went to the heart of public policy...
...polls and provided many of its leaders. Of course, there is always some strain when the party is in power and must place national responsibilities ahead of union interests. Since Wilson formed his government in 1964, Labor and labor have been at arm's length-if not sword's point. While the unions harped on the issues of workingmen's pay and pride, the party was attempting to defend the pound and rescue a faltering economy, among other ways by keeping wages in line. As a result, Labor has begun to regard labor as an occasionally dangerous...
...tour. The story is transparently simple. Moronao, the governor of Kamakura, lusts after Lady Kaoyo, the wife of Hangan, one of Moronao's deputies. She rebuffs him. Moronao is furious and showers abuse on the unsuspecting and inoffensive Hangan. Pushed beyond sense and patience, Hangan draws his sword and strikes at Moronao. But he is in the sacred precincts of the shogun's palace, where even to draw a sword is a crime. The shogun orders Hangan to commit harakiri. He does so, but not before his chief retainer swears to avenge his cruel death. That is what...
...revitalization was swift and sweeping. The CRIMSON'S pen was mightier than the Service News sheathed sword, and other departments of the paper sprang into action under the guidance of experienced veterans...
...scarlet tunics and pillbox hats lined the drive leading to the modern statehouse in Accra last week as vintage Rolls-Royces purred up to the door. Inside, trumpets pealed while a stately procession of officers in scarlet or blue uniforms and bewigged justices in red robes followed the gold sword of state. Mounting a dais, Brigadier Akwasi Afrifa, 33, and two other officers were sworn in as members of a new, three-man presidential commission. Then Afrifa administered the oath of office to Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, the new Premier, impetuously raising Busia's arm in a fighter...