Yorktown
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Yorktown is wielded by Leo twice as Revolutionary War rout symbolizing American triumph over Britain, dominating retorts to Marbury's defenses and injecting historical bravado into NMD argument.
Evoked as thunderous victory field
Rhetorical battleground for national pride
Enduring emblem of U.S. defiance against empire
Leo invokes Yorktown twice as decisive 'whoopass' rout of British forces, deploying the Revolutionary battlefield as historical bludgeon to humble Marbury and validate modern defenses, bridging 1781 victory to contemporary U.S. bravado.
Spectral thunder of cannon smoke and triumph
Rhetorical weapon in policy debate
Enduring emblem of American defiance over empire
Yorktown erupts via Leo's repeated invocation as revolutionary rout, a rhetorical hammer smashing Marbury's defenses and capping NMD debate, transforming 1781 battlefield into modern shield's defiant emblem.
Evoked as thunderous triumph amid hall's civility
Historical symbol deployed in present argument
Embodies American defiance against imperial overreach
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As Leo delivers his triumphant Yorktown retort in the escalating missile defense debate with Marbury, Charlie's timely intervention ('Leo?') pulls Leo away, defusing the immediate tension. Donna, having slipped away …