Word: weapon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hell of a big country" and that a big country can be an impersonal one. After the cheering sentiments which will be drilled into 1938 continually during its first week here have died away, the Freshman Class will be face to face with this issue. The best weapon is initiative. While neither the Faculty nor the deans are alarming ogres, you must take the first step in opening relations with them. If and when you do you will find that these personal contacts lend value to your entire college career...
...Youths, do you not feel the spirit of your fathers that aroused them to fight against that foreign doctrine?Christianity? Does not your heart burn to renew this struggle? Seize the weapon of your fathers and conquer with the sword the spirit of your future...
...Over the wicked horns his curving blade went, to miss by a hair's breadth the two-inch spot between the great shoulder blades. The bull stormed off, the sword waving like a reed from the hump of his back. With a mighty shake the bull tossed the weapon high into the air. It hurtled down, point first, to pierce the breast of one Candido Roig Roura, who at 4 o'clock that afternoon had been standing in line to buy a fifth row seat in the shade. With a scream Candido Roig Roura pulled the espada from...
...sales psychology. With a collapsible rubber boat Professor Borden and his wife Marie are on a "paddle tour." Last week they were paddling a few miles from Istanbul in the general direction of Greece. A storm came up and they sought shelter on the Turkish shore. "Our only weapon," said Professor Borden afterward, "was a toy pistol to frighten away savage dogs...
...Tesla pointed out that the weapon is purely one of defense, since his beam must be generated in great immovable power plants. With generators set up on all the world's national boundaries, no country would ever again be able to attack another. Further details, said Dr. Tesla, would be unfolded before the Geneva Disarmament Conference...