passage of arms
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Reported by Jay Branegan/Washington A disputed passage of arms Ronald Reagan's arms control negotiators face an immensely difficult task in trying to push their Soviet counterparts toward an agreement.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had not forgotten a recent and somewhat fierce political passage of arms, and turned to go by her.
From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
This was the Honorable D. S. Dickinson, the contemporary in politics of Webster, who found in him, in many a passage of arms, a foeman worthy of his steel.
From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by Bartlett, D. W.
Our passage of arms was over the tickets.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 by Various
Mrs. Armstrong understood her daughter's character more correctly than her husband, with all his boasted superiority of intellect, and therefore she dreaded a passage of arms between these two so near and dear to her.
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B.
