at swords' points
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Says Ahmed Dini, 45, president of the newly elected National Assembly: "The Somalis and Ethiopians are at swords' points now, but what is to prevent them some day from getting together and carving us up?"
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Los Angeles courtroom of Superior Judge Thurmond Clarke last week some 250 of West Adams' residents stood at swords' points.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have been at swords' points ever since 1924 when Senator Couzens expressed hearty disapproval of Secretary Mellon's tax reduction program.
From Time Magazine Archive
Putting together all its available information, the Press came to this conclusion: General Johnson and Donald Randall Richberg, NRA's general counsel, were at swords' points.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Mr. Bouquet," however, had no desire to meet the fiery young Corsican at swords' points.
From The Boy Life of Napoleon Afterwards Emperor of the French by Foa, Eugenie
