Word: sword
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Commitment to humane norms in warfare is an interest shared by all countries. What's not always so clear in a conflicted world is how to keep the law of war as a shield, not a political sword...
...struck by the adamantine sword of the Scorpion King, THE ROCK of ages is cleft for me. On one side, he's the indefatigably charismatic World Wrestling Federation superstar, a cocky, trash-talking fictional construct who punctuates baroque WWF story lines with the most famous physiognomic gesture in the history of sports entertainment--a vaulting eyebrow hoisted high above a gimlet stare. The Rock is the People's Champion, who employs something called the People's Elbow as his coup de grace...
...chiseled physique. A mensch with muscles. His expression is warm, his intelligence keen. He shakes hands and signs autographs and poses for snapshots with wide-eyed kids, smiling and exuding the most perfectly innate grace and noblesse oblige you could ever want in a chair-wielding wrestler turned sword-swinging movie star...
...premise of fiction is that an exploration of what was never real can inform our understanding of what is and might be real, then Notable American Women certainly has an intriguing contribution to offer. Unfortunately, Marcus’ inventiveness seems to be a double-edged sword, which means that his contribution is limited to an intellectual realm in which “hugely emotional” reactions have no place...
...this president needs a way to return to the clear, focused leader we saw and loved last fall, and the best way to tackle the Mideast tangle may be, like Alexander and the Gordian Knot, to simply draw his sword. Pick a peace plan with a state for Palestinians and borders for Israel - the Saudis', Oslo, U.N. Resolution 242, they're all pretty much the same - and one clear message for both Arafat and Sharon: this is the best you're going to do. The negotiations are now over...