Word: swords
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...hottest-selling armor since Wilkinson Sword turned out chain-mail flak suits for airmen in World War II is made, improbably enough, from a finespun synthetic fiber called Kevlar. Developed by Du Pont and used primarily as a substitute for steel in belted radial tires, the fabric-lighter than nylon and tougher than steel-has been fashioned into everything from sports jackets to undervests and worn by everyone who might come under the gun, from cops to Presidents. While even the thickest Kevlar garments will not stop most rifle bullets, the material nonetheless provides formidable protection. The 23-layer version...
...party, Queenie, Jolly's much-abused girl friend, is pursued and eventually seduced by a brilliantined matinee idol named Dale Sword (Perry King). From jealousy and an encroaching sense of failure, Jolly goes to pieces, and the party follows right along. There is all manner of period decadence festooning the screen, rendered too campily by Director James Ivory (Shakespeare Wallah) to have much force...
...London's Ring a sword is a sword, a spear is a spear, and Fafner the dragon is a proper dragon-a 35-ft.-long by 15-ft.-high beauty of a monster that requires eight stagehands to operate. London's conception is not perfect: he may not put the Valkyries on wheels, but having them cavort like chorus girls is not an improvement. There is no bear for Siegfried to tug, alas, nor does Brünnhilde ride a horse into the pyre. But she does sleep on a genuine jagged peak-not just some symbolic platform...
...federal law has carried the threat of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for any citizen who "willfully falsifies, conceals or covers up" a material fact from any agent of the Government. Massachusetts' Senator Edward Kennedy wants to make the law a two-edged sword: his staff is drafting a bill to declare it a crime for any Government official knowingly to mislead or lie to the public...
Unmarked Grave. First a security man prodded him in the side with a sharpened stick. Then, as the prince straightened his body in response, the executioner's gold-handled sword flashed, and the condemned man's head rolled from his shoulders. The crowd, silent until that moment, broke into shouts of "Allahu akhbar [God is great]." For 15 minutes the prince's head was displayed on the tip of a spike for the crowd's inspection; eventually an ambulance collected it and the body for burial in an unmarked grave...