Word: razor-sharp
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...moral code held that every young man should cut off at least one human head before he was fit to claim a bride. When, as they often did, the Dafias went on the rampage, looting, burning, raping and slicing off neighboring villagers' heads with one stroke of their razor-sharp daos (short swords), the British did not hesitate to discourage them with the full force of arms, even to the extent of bombing their villages. During the long years of British rule, India's peace-loving nationalists loudly decried such "British atrocities" and urged instead a campaign...
...natural wit and an educated larynx. Television was another matter. Bergen, his technique rusty after radio, made a few exploratory TV appearances, then went off to semi-retirement to think things over and work on his movie autobiography (From Little Acorns). Into the gap streaked Winchell, his ventriloquial skills razor-sharp...
...book, and there are over 400, cause either a guffaw or an "ooph" depending in each case on the reader's politics over the last six years. A few have lost their sting, but most still retain a quality which can best be likened to the impact of a razor-sharp sledge hammer...
...Yale's razor-sharp freshman basketball team ran all around the Yardling quintet Saturday to rack up an effortless 65 to 47 win. Demcak hooked in 22 points. HARVARD (47) G F P Condon, g 1 0 2 Dennis (C), g 9 9 27 Blodnick, c 1 1 3 Culver 1 0 2 Gremp, f 1 0 2 Parente 2 0 4 Krinsky, f 2 0 4 Steiner 0 3 3 Totals...
...Stafford Cripps, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, asked British companies to hold down dividends to combat inflation. Since his order would cut sharply into Iran's royalties, Anglo-Iranian, looking for a justified protest from Teheran, quickly offered to revise the 1933 agreement. Razor-sharp Board Chairman Sir William Eraser, a grey, gaunt Scot who runs his own show, journeyed to Teheran, and a compromise was reached in July 1949. It provided for raising Iran's oil revenues sharply. For example, under the new terms, Iran's 1948 royalties would amount to ?18,700,000, compared...