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

The old tournaments were sham fights, fine scenic representations, in which the costume and the dramatic show were of more importance than the passage of arms itself.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav

In 1857 there occurred a memorable passage of arms between Mr. Gladstone and Sir Richard Bethell—afterwards Lord Westbury—on the subject of divorce. 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

Her passage of arms with des Ageaux had not tended to soften her feelings.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

He had remembered this little passage of arms, and had said no more.

From For the Major A Novelette by Woolson, Constance Fenimore