Word: weaponizing
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...coercion as its ultimate solution. The recent injunction against the railroad strikers was a monumental piece of folly, for which payment must inevitably be made. It was far too sweeping in its character--so sweeping in fact that it was never put to the test. It remains an unwieldy weapon held over the heads of workers whom it has only embittered where it was meant to subdue...
...Brown, D. D., of Yale, in a talk to 200 Freshmen in Smith Halls Common Room last night. "Here is a knife of keenest tempered steel. In the hands of the surgeon it is a means of saving life; in the hands of the assassin it becomes a fatal weapon. The tool itself is useless, it is the guiding intelligence behind it that counts. So it is with our lives...
...they were able to threaten the Syracuse goal in flashes of brilliant attack. To develop the power of his advance Coach Robinson has abandoned almost--wholly the expected policy of overhead attack and has resorted all season to straight football. The Brunonians, however, are said to have a dangerous weapon in their passing game and it is supposed that it will be utilized if the straight drives do not succeed against the Crimson next Saturday...
Some of the wiser minds, however, have hit upon the idea of the limitation of propaganda as the best thing to tackle next. During the War, we heard much about German propaganda; now the Germans themselves are complaining about the unfair use of this "weapon". German spiritualists (and Germany is a very "spiritual" country) have alleged that the French and English mediums broke every provision of the Hague Treaty by their flagrant misuse of psychic forces during the "late unpleasantness". "Mass prayers", they charge, more often and often employed at given hours to send great currents of malignant thought--energy...
Javelin throwing is not like throwing a ball, although there is a similarity. In throwing a ball, twisting it does not shorten the distance, but in throwing a javelin you are required to keep the weapon in perfect balance, which means in the right position...