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
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.
He had remembered this little passage of arms, and had said no more.
From For the Major A Novelette by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
It had certainly been made easier by the theological passage of arms, which brought out all her latent antagonism to the prejudiced young pietist.
From The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
The play went into rehearsal, and the author had a passage of arms with Mademoiselle Mars, who took the part of Doña Sol.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett
