Word: weaponed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With the flashy but inconsistent Dave Stout at quarterback, Rutgers made one first down and kicked again. This started an almost interminable exchange of punts between Brendel and the Crimson's sophomore kicker, Jim Gahan. The penalty seemed to be the most potent offensive weapon as the game lumbered into the second quarter...
Some Senators found more attractive an "understanding" sponsored by Texas Republican John Tower and Louisiana Democrat Russell Long. Troubled by the treaty's prohibition of "any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion," the two wanted to add a specific assurance in the resolution of ratification that the use of nuclear weapons was not barred in case of armed conflict. Fulbright saw no need for it. "There's a lot of things we agree on that shouldn't be in this treaty," said he. "I suppose if we took a poll...
...boycott of gifts at Christmas would certainly not be the effective economic weapon the Negro leaders claim it to be. They seem to have forgotten the very methods they have employed so successfully in the past. Selective boycotts, aimed at business which are still discriminatory, serve to isolate and to pressure recalcitrant segregationists. An indiscriminate boycott of all stores throughout the nation would only force together bigots and liberal minded businessmen into one bitterly-wrapped Christmas package. The steps that many farsighted businesses have already taken would seem totally unnoticed...
...boycott of Christmas as a moral weapon is even more inappropriate. Those who have sympathized with the civil rights movement would be torn between their children and their convictions. Children themselves would hardly understand a cause which deprived them of their toys for the sake of Negro victims in a distant Southern city. The altruistic spirit of Christmas would be trod under by a confused and contrived attempt at creating support and wearing down opponents...
...discipline, they will be able to dispel the mystery and misconceptions which usually envelop the sport in America. For, contrary to popular opinion, karate is not the science of breaking boards with a bare hand, does not involve any particular toughening of the hand as a weapon, and, in fact, does not consider the hand any more important than any other part of the body...