Consistently high ratings suggest any attempt to axe the bugger off at the knees will be met with eight million mottled fists, each wielding a rolled-up, mildew-ridden copy of Reader's Digest.
Mr. Dufresne was visiting Singapore, and there, in the Club Chinois, he watched as the Chinese chefs, each wielding a simple cleaver, deboned chickens, hacked ducks into perfect quarters and whacked garlic so that the peel flew.
Each wielded a brush with true virtuosity; Chase in a filtered Impressionist style seen as "high" art, Parrish in a tight, finicky illustrational mode that left out no detail.
Academics organize themselves along the lines of disciplines, departments, schools and professions accredited by appropriate agencies, each wielding a particular brand of expertise.
At some point, you will disagree on how to raise your child and you will each wield the child as the ultimate weapon in a battle of wills.
Deciding who receives an NYPD press credential, which allows reporters to cross police lines or attend a mayoral press conference at City Hall, becomes increasingly difficult in a media environment where professional and amateur journalists, each wielding laptops and camera phones, may be competing on the same story.
They weren't ham-fisted scenes of maniacs fist-pumping, shouting "I love you maaaaaaaan" at each-other, wielding glow-sticks and throwing peace fingers.
Each side wields a persuasive weapon.
Each man wields two short swords and, after some argy-bargy about which king has exclusive grazing rights to a fainting damsel, they start to fight.
Each persona wields special abilities related to its social status, so the Slave can foment riots and the Lady can seduce and bribe officials.
