Word: weapon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...basically British view that the submarine should be totally abolished. But there is no reason to think that France, Italy or Japan will ever give up this cheap and effective knife-in-the-belly. And the U. S. Navy would really like to keep it, as a coast-defense weapon. Abolition of the submarine will not be achieved at London and the chances of limitation look poor...
...merely the right, but the absolute duty of an officer, if insulted by a civilian in the presence of witnesses to draw his service weapon [sword] and immediately silence the offender...
...dynamited the empty dining car of the viceregal train. (In 1872 a knife was stuck into Lord Mayo, only Viceroy of India ever successfully assassinated. Moral: A bomb?even the one which successfully exploded in the very howdah of Viceroy Lord Hardinge of Penshurst in 1912?is a poor weapon...
Which brings him to the crux of the matter. Monitors represent compulsory enrollment. It is fortunate for the Vagabond's existence that the authorities at Harvard are lenient in their handling of this weapon. To cut a class for the purpose of gaining a rare treat in some other classroom is, from his point of view praiseworthy. So saying, the Vagabond baits the lion in his den, and regards with approval the expediency of allowing the wanderer an excused cut when there is a conflict between his regular class and the unusual lecture...