Human beings have presumably always carried weapons, and developed varieties of spears, bows and arrows, axes, daggers and flails very early in our history. Swords, which are essentially daggers with lengthened blades, are relatively late arrivals in...

A good sword is the one left in its scabbard. (Japanese) Good sword has often been in poor scabbard. (Irish) He who plays with a sword plays with the Devil. (Rumanian) Let not your sword be drawn at any man’s bidding. (Roman) Never give a child a...

A sword is a long-edged piece of metal, once used as a cutting and/or thrusting weapon in many civilizations throughout the world. The word sword comes from the Old English sweord, which cognates to Old High German swert, Middle Dutch swaert, Old Norse...

Need to look sharp in a hurry? Give these companies-which specialize in weapons and breakaways-a shot. It's been said that violence never solves anything, but playwrights throughout history haven't been so sure. Many shows, classic titles and contemporary hits alike, eventually dissolve into...

Forging the Sword by Elliott V. Converse II (Ed.). Chicago: Imprint Publications,1998 (pp. 441 - $39.95). Forging the Sword is a collection of twenty-seven essays which address the challenges, controversies, and requirements for selecting, educating, and training the Junior Officer Corps - the...

A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching."Now I feel stupid," said James Van Iveren, who has been...

The hack-and-slash genre brings a certain mindless, yet simply satisfying, element to video games. Call it a quirk of gaming, but sometimes there's just an odd pleasure in pressing the same few buttons over and over again."Heavenly Sword" (Rated T, $59.99) brings this game style...