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...other Jackie, Tacky Jackie, was not so inspiring. I remember reading one of the early "Jackie, Oh!"-type biographies and being struck by the story of First Lady Jackie receiving, as a gift from a head of state, a ceremonial gold sword. She held it in her hands as it gleamed in the lights of the East Room--and noticed that embedded in the surface were a host of beautiful jewels. First Lady Jackie became Tacky Jackie, and tried to find out how to get the jewels out, to make herself some earrings...
...been created in a mere span of 40 years, even less than one generation's lifetime! And yet, the dark shadow of a second Korean War, a disaster which could possibly wipe out the gap by just destroying everything, is always hanging over the peninsula like the sword of Damocles...
WHILE MORROW AND OTHERS ENGAGE IN analysis and sophistry trying to explain what happened at Dunblane, the most fundamental reason is clear: the monster Hamilton had four loaded handguns. Would the gun worshippers have us believe that this maniac could have achieved such a level of carnage with a sword or a bow and arrow? CHARLES ESTES Fullerton, California...
...dueling weapon, and the target is anywhere on the body. Ancient tradition dictated that the fight would end upon first blood. Foil fencing has a more limited target since it is based on a training weapon, and the target zone is the torso. A derivative of the cavalry sword, saber fencing is a cutting and thrusting weapon, and the target is anywhere above the waist...
...temptation to implement stricter regulations on student group finances is great, especially in the wake of embezzlements that have occurred in the past few years. In the fiasco involving the Eliot House ice skating benefit An Evening with Champions, Charles K. Lee '93 and David G. Sword '93 confessed to taking $127,000 from the gala's accounts. In addition, the Krokodiloes general manager resigned after it was discovered he took $3,000 from the group...