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...recent graduates, Charles K. Lee '93 and David G. Sword '93, are the focus of an investigation into the disappearance of $160,000 from Eliot House's Evening With Champions skating fundraiser...

Author: By Daniel I. Silverberg, | Title: Evening With Champs Investigation Still Open. | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

...SWORD SWALLOWING MADE EASY (from a turn-of-the-century pamphlet): Use a peacock feather dipped in oil to tickle the throat, which helps you become familiar with the sensation. Swallow a rubber tube -- when the sword is swallowed, it will be encased in the tube. ((Make)) an imitation sword . . . out of licorice covered with tinfoil or aluminum paint; the licorice sword is swallowed and a real one produced from behind the back, giving "the impression the sword has passed entirely through you." Hire somebody to do it for you, as it may save you much annoyance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Dogs and Other Marvels | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

ALGERIA: Islam's Fearsome Sword...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazine Contents Page | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...field hospitals where one, then another and another, told the nurses of seeing angels on the field. The French saw the Archangel Michael, riding a white horse. The British said it was St. George, "a tall man with yellow hair in golden armor, on a white horse, holding his sword up, and his mouth open, crying 'Victory!' " The nurses reported a startling serenity in the dying men, as though they had nothing to fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angels Among Us | 12/27/1993 | See Source »

Along came two champions: Chaz Lee and Dave Sword...

Author: By G.k. Wenceslas, | Title: Intimations of Crimson Munificence | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

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