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
After our—what shall we call it?—little passage of arms?
From The Lady of the Mount by Frederic Stewart Isham
To the lawyer there was nothing disturbing in such a passage of arms as this.
From The New Rector by Stanley John Weyman
I like to believe, in the meantime, that this passage of arms has resulted in such a vindication1143 of the traditional Reading of 1 Timothy iii.
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
Then she sank into a low chair and sobbed unrestrainedly—it may be that the reaction of the nervous system after her late passage of arms had something to do with the breakdown.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
