Word: sword
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...made it clear, as she told Congress, that her government would "not stand by and let an insurgent leadership spurn our offer of peace and kill our young soldiers and threaten our new freedom." If her peace effort fails, Aquino vowed, she will not hesitate to take up the "sword of war." Like Abraham Lincoln, she said, "I understand that force may be necessary before mercy." Last week White House and State Department officials went out of their way to support her position. "This Administration fully backs her efforts to find a peaceful solution to the war," said one senior...
...Evil designs are being passed for good intentions, and a sword for a shield." he said...
...terms his heritage a "double-edged sword," noting the special attention given his protest activities--including the 1969 takeover of University Hall. That same year, Thomas was charged with six felony counts for preventing the delivery of linen to Dunster House while the Teamsters union was striking against Harvard Student Agencies, though he says he was only a witness to the events. Thomas says he still believes his family name led Harvard to single him out for prosecution. The charges were later thrown out of court. On the other hand, Thomas says, his name has helped him advance his career...
...wool breeches closed with gold buttons, a white waistcoat with a gold pocket watch, a crimson sash, a general's coat in scarlet wool with blue lapels and velvet cuffs studded with 20 14-karat buttons, a white wig and cocked bicorne hat, and a $15,000 18th century sword, inlaid with gold. "I come off as a totally arrogant, pompous ass," he says with pride...
Besides, strict construction, though drawn as the good sword of conservatism in the current debate, has proved to be a wonderful weapon for liberals in times past. The life master among strict constructionists, Justice Hugo Black, had this to say about the rights of the accused: "I subscribe to the doctrine that the Fifth Amendment, which says 'no person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself,' means that no person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself." And there goes Meese's position against Miranda. Black was also adamant about the 14th Amendment's power...