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...David Jakus and Julian Rose in saber and epee, respectively—won at least two of his three bouts, with Woodhouse and Jakus going undefeated. With eight points already on the board, Harvard (7-4) needed just six total points from its second and third-best with each sword...
...faithful. Under pressure to explain, he declared during his announcement speech, "I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations." Threaten? Even at the time, it was clear the resolution was more than an invitation to rattle a sword. "Everyone knew what was going on," says a senior Democratic Senate aide. "People understood we were giving the President the authority to do what he needed to do. You could see anything you wanted to in the resolution. But the lesson the Democrats learned from 1991 was that...
...director of engineering, explained that the new digital technology is a double-edged sword. Since it transmits audio more accurately, it accentuates both intended sounds, such as a host's voice, and unwanted background noise, like papers being shuffled...
...Saddam, was born in Tikrit (though Saladin was a Kurd), and at the Battle of Hattin in Galilee in 1187, he won the bloodiest and most comprehensive victory that Muslim armies ever achieved against Christian Crusaders. The murals in Baghdad of Saddam on a white horse, with a drawn sword - laughably kitsch to Western tastes - were a deliberate attempt to link him to Saladin?s blessed memory...
Perhaps my film-going companion summed it up best when, on his way out of The Last Samurai, he remarked that a traditional Japanese sword should have been included in the ticket price so that audience members would have the option of killing themselves rather than finish watching Tom Cruise’s insipid new historical drama. It’s an idea that even the staunchest euthanasia opponents could support...