Word: weaponeering
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...lost patience with white rule in South Africa and had placed its faith in a man whom no one had seen in decades. The man who emerged was unbowed but also unsophisticated about modern media. (On that first day, he thought a furry TV boom mike was a weapon.) By the time I met Mandela in 1992, he was savvy about his image and knew that he had to banish any public bitterness to win racial reconciliation in his divided land. During what he called his "long, lonely, wasted years" in prison, he never doubted that his country would achieve...
Camp sources say he initially admitted responsibility. The officer drew his weapon and called for backup. Then they handcuffed the soldier, read him his rights and waited for criminal investigators to arrive...
...secure, when we were almost hit by what appeared to be a tank round. Fortunately, we had learned that the Iraqis are not very good at redirecting fire once they have nearly hit a target. As a further precaution, two Marines prepared to fire a shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon, a rocket that can take out a tank. As they stepped out, another enemy round went off. Missed again...
Harvard lost its most potent offensive weapon when Cserny fouled out with 5:56 remaining. Without her, the Crimson was forced to rely even further on perimeter shots...
Though freshman Arin Keyser was the primary offensive weapon of the evening, scoring four goals, five different swimmers scored at least one goal...