Word: sword
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just have not signed any agreement on this point. We think an effort will inevitably develop, as it already has in the Soviet Union and as it will in the U.S., to reinforce ((antimissile)) protection, but we suggest that effort cannot be absolute. Since man has existed, the sword and the shield have constantly been reinforced...
...offers have been spurned by the National Democratic Front, the Communist-dominated alliance that bargains on behalf of the insurgents. The peace bids, scoffs N.D.F. Negotiator Antonio Zumel, are part of the Aquino administration's "soft tactics to countervail its naked sword of war. It is a sheer farce." Says Vicvic Justiniani, the national spokeswoman for MAKIBAKA, a women's organization that is part of the N.D.F.: "Our view of what constitutes peace is not the same as Cory's. Peace can only come with social justice. So it is a question of whose ideas prevail, ours or hers...
From 2 to 4 p.m., spectators can watch an array of traditional Chinese dances such as the Lotus Dance, the Sword Dance, the Mongolian Dance and the Ribbon Dance during which a dancer nearly choked herself last year, organizers of the fete said...
...they lazed for a time under the trees. Out of the sun, East Africa cools by 10 degrees or 15 degrees F. Altitude and breeze and shade. Moses, showing off, undertook to make fire. He found a piece of cedar, planed the top, and with his Masai sime (short sword) bored a starting fire hole. He cut a twirling stick and found the seedpod needed to catch and preserve the fire. Then he and Olentwala set about the rubbing, and soon they had a little smoking seed of flame in Moses' palm...
That may not have been the green light that some officers wanted to initiate full-scale operations against the 23,500-strong rebel forces, but it was a start. "During the cease-fire, we kept the sword sharpened," vowed a high-ranking officer. "Now we will use it." He described the President as a "lot smarter than we gave her credit for. She gave the Communists enough rope, and they hanged themselves. They planned to seize power without a major battle. Now they will have to fight." Others were less impressed with Aquino's handling of the rebels. "She gave...