Word: weaponeering
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NotHarvard bills itself as a "pioneer in developing online, branded universities and...the use of free, online education as a sales and marketing weapon...
...This is an intensely optimistic moment for the Republicans; perhaps more than at any time since Ronald Reagan's triumphant 1980 campaign, there is a tangible sense of possibility. And optimism, as Reagan himself knew better than anyone, is possibly the most powerful weapon in politics...
Action movies need a jazzy opening scene; it gets a moviegoer's pulse racing with anxiety. So 007 went airborne off a ski slope. Lethal Weapon's Danny Glover sat on a bomb-rigged toilet seat. But until now, no one had set a teaser scene in a Nazi death camp, where gaunt Jews trudge to their doom. A boy, torn from his parents, goes into a seizure, and the camp gates are bent open. Aha! So the inmates are miraculously freed? No. It's not about the 6 million. It's about this...
...conservative president. Bush is playing down the issue, but if he makes abortion a litmus test for his veep, why not his Justices? If Bush does as expected and ditches Tom Ridge (or George Pataki) next week for a pro-life running mate, Gore may find that a potent weapon has fallen right into...
...Modern fencing isn't even as glamorous looking as it was in the movies Zorro and The Three Musketeers, although the high-tech electronic-scoring devices have a certain Nintendo-era appeal. Plus the modern gear makes it a lot safer, and that may be the key for parents. Weapons are covered at the tip, and fencers wear meshed masks and, often, plastic chest plates. The kids seem to enjoy the intricate rules of each of the three games: foil, epee and saber. They have to land the tip of the weapon (in saber, the blade is fair game...