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...Army decided to fight to the death over the ironclad Crusader, Rumsfeld saw his chance. The Army played into his hands when its deputy congressional liaison, Kenneth A. Steadman, faxed talking points to the Crusader's friends on Capitol Hill, saying that elimination of the long-range artillery gun would endanger G.I.s. Not long after that, Rumsfeld's aides put out the word that the gun was dead and that White was finished. And then, in a truly inspired piece of bureaucratic jujitsu, Rumsfeld sent his Post-it note to White--and held a press conference in which...
DIED. GEORGE SIDNEY, 85, self-effacing director of some of MGM's most famous musicals, including Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate and Show Boat; of lymphoma; in Las Vegas. He was instrumental in founding the animation company Hanna-Barbera and directed 1945's Anchors Aweigh, in which the cartoon Jerry the Mouse danced alongside Gene Kelly...
...into our home late that night—I did not even fire my pistol. He turned and ran because he assumed (correctly) that I was willing to shoot him to defend my wife and family. In that regard, our experience is similar to the vast majority of defensive gun uses each year. A gun can protect someone just by its very presence...
...editorial “Repeal Second Amendment” by the Crimson Staff was refreshing for its intellectual honesty. You have openly articulated what liberals and gun control advocates have secretly wanted for years but have refused to say so openly—stripping law-abiding Americans of their right to defend themselves with arms and their right to bear arms for sport. Few are opposed to regulation of purchasing weapons, to safety training and to appropriate background checks; but fanatical anti-gun advocates want to take our rights away...
...kitchen in Kentucky/ And she thinks she's Peter Pan") but the cover art made it reasonably clear the vegetable of the title referred to part of the male anatomy. It boasted one of the best covers of a Beatles song ever, ("Happiness is a Warm Gun," fittingly) and made Kim Deal a minor legend independent of the Pixies...