Word: sworded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Punjab riots ended a period of peace that has been jittery ever since the Moslem League's Mohamed Ali Jinnah spurned participation with the All-India Congress in the Constituent Assembly (TIME, Feb. 10). The bearded, sword-carrying Sikhs sided with the Hindus, eventually exceeded them in uncompromising denunciation of the Moslem cry for Pakistan (a separate Moslem state...
...fast-moving pageant of ritual dramas and folk plays, heard scratchy Ch'ing Dynasty blues and a half-dozen pieces by a "classical orchestra"-an ensemble that was ancient when Confucius was young. Though Broadway-farers made little sense out of the dancelike dramas, they liked the sword dance by Gardenia Chang, the gaudy plumage, rooster-strutting and extravagant simpers...
...Army's sword-squad and bad weather combined forces Saturday to hand Rene Peroy's fencers their second straight defeat of the season...
Still smarting from Wednesday's 14-13 upset at the hands of M.I.T., the Varsity fencers will seek green pastures at West Point tomorrow where they face a sword-wielding Cadet squad with an even record of three wins and three losses. Among the victims is Yale, defeated...
...Stonewall Jackson, an "indifferent and slouchy looking man" whom some thought "deranged," suddenly halts while on midday reconnaissance, dismounts, unbuckles his sword, goes to sleep with his head on the root of a tree...