Their only solace would be that it would steal the Republicans' thunder, and rob them of what many consider a potent weapon.
Even if not directly threatened with a weapon, many students are nonetheless aware of the presence of guns and knives on their campus.
But for all the rhetoric, it was less of a philosophy and more of a weapon among many in chief constables' armoury against urban criminality.
Vitaly Kamluk, chief malware expert for Kaspersky Labs, said there were many pointers to it being a weapon, not the least of which was how highly-targeted it was.
When Fleming's first Bond novel, Casino Royale, was published in 1953 by Jonathan Cape, it inaugurated a tradition for the spy hero: individualistic, unconcerned with class and handy with a deadly weapon, within a society that would attach this image to many sides of what we know as the Cold War.
In limited-overs matches, this has the effect of also making it a more effective defensive weapon: Many batsmen are less confident against spin bowling, which makes them less bold in attack.
Xolair works by targeting an immune-system molecule called immunoglobulin E (IgE), a crucial defensive weapon that goes into overdrive in many patients with allergic asthma.
The Italian authorities have been accused of resorting to police state-style tactics with the introduction of a new weapon to hunt down the nation's many tax dodgers.
Although there are few statistics on the number of cyberstalking crimes, many states and municipalities report a surge in stalking in which e-mail is the weapon of choice.
But the skills they have honed there are often different from the skills required for classical espionage and many are frankly bored when they return to more routine work where Kevlar and a personal weapon are not required equipment.
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