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...bearded, sword-swinging Sikhs want a lion's share of the Punjab. This is a parched and heat-seared prairie land in northwest India lying south of Kashmir, where the Sikhs fought a century-long battle with invading Moguls and earned the name of being the great warriors of India. Later, fighting as professional soldiers and serving as cops for the British in odd corners of the colonial world, they made their fighting reputation stick...
...battle map of the Little Big Horn country, and the courier's note that brought his last despairing cry for rein forcements. "Oh, look at this," cried the President, espying "Little Phil" Sheridan's gold-plated Winchester. Then, through an open doorway, the President spotted the flaming-sword emblem of his Supreme Headquarters in Europe, and he blurted: "Oh, by gosh, there's my old flag. I'd forgotten I sent that up here." Afterward, the President noted to a couple of cadets that the day was June 6, "a big day in my life. This...
Solidarity among strongmen seemed to be the meeting's theme, but it was tinged with subtle rivalry. The gift that Pérez Jiménez brought was a replica of Simón Bolivar's sword, studded with 860 sapphires-a lavish memento, but also a neat reminder that Peru historically owes its independence to Venezuela's Bolivar. And in any economic comparison, oil-rich Venezuela could lay claim to the more spectacular boom (TIME, Feb. 28). But Peru could also make an impressive boast...
...discreet French horn on hand as well. Leader McKay plays nifty bassoon, fast and, when necessary, dirty. The rest of the crew has shrieking fun with sound effects (What a Way to Run a Railroad!}, and swinging fun with Those That Live by the Swordfish Die by the Sword fish...
...have done my work. It will endure, I trust, beyond Jove's anger, fire and sword, Beyond Time's hunger...