1.   He wanted to thrust a sword into the heart of the greatest nation on earth.

2.   The MGM art director, Cedric Gibbons, sketched a muscular man thrusting a sword through a reel of film.

3.   What used to be men on horses with thrusting swords has morphed more or less into plain walls and boxes.

4.   What used to be men on horses with thrusting swords has morphed into plain walls and boxes.