Word: weaponeering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Love for War. Author Anderson writes with a cleanness and economy that are seldom part of a young writer's equipment. He knows and conveys the love that a soldier has for his weapon; he also knows, as many writers do not, that men can get to love an outfit and even war itself for the loyalties they command. Stanley's last act may seem too sensitive and sacrificial for so experienced a combat hand, but the real army does have its Stanleys. Your Own Beloved Sons is a modest book written toward modest goals, but with...
...Crossing blades in The Bronx with the best swordsmen in the East, the Naval Academy's foil, epee and saber wielders won the three-weapon title at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association championships by the thin edge of a single saber bout...
Chairman Hall would like to come to the aid of his party in two specific ways. First, he hopes to regain some of the lost party discipline on Capitol Hill and throughout the nation. His best weapon in this effort is the popularity of the President, who now numbers among his supporters some leaders, e.g., Ohio's Senator John Bricker, of the party's right wing...
...centuries before the birth of Christ, much of the copper known to the Mediterranean world came from Cyprus, where clumps of almost pure metal once lay loose on the ground. Agamemnon was said to have sailed for Troy carrying a brand-new sword of Cyprian copper. The weapon Alexander the Great brandished against his enemies was the gift of a Cypriot king...
...potential violence in the Montgomery situation, however, have so far proved fortunately in error. Credit is due to both sides, but particularly to the Negroes. Their leaders are soft-spoken, educated men who have carried on a carefully organized campaign. As one indicted clergyman says, "We must use the weapon of love." Another, asked about the future of the transit company, said: "It can run buses as long as it wants to--but it will run them without Negroes until it gives us justice...