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Double-Edged Sword...
...which is perfectly true. Then why are these men conspirators? They are conspirators because they have no loyalties; because their is the sword that knows no brother. The rise of Hitler to power in Nazi Germany provides a neat example of this and into the bargain shows what a double-edged sword it is that the armament makers wield...
...Imperial Majesty had fied without observing the formality of presenting his sword. In Trafalgar Square the crowd surged like a rising tide and sang God Save the King. Through the thin light of a cathedral he Archbishop rendered up his solmen thanks and hoped that the day of the plowshare had returned forever. Peace on earth had come at last and democracy ruled in a world made safe...
...made munitions. The Red Sea is only 100 miles wide at Hodeida, and on the other side lies only partially pacified Italian Eritrea. Blushing at having backed the wrong horse, Italy dispatched the destroyer Turbine. France, too, was on the defensive, fearful lest the exploits of Ibn Saud, keenest sword of Allah, put wayward ideas in the heads of her Mohammedan tribes...
Antonio Sanchez raced to his home. In a few minutes he was back at the market with a faded red muleta and, wrapped in its folds, the blade of his favorite sword. The market men cheered...