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...Mexican War, wrote in one blistering letter: "I do not desire to place myself in the most perilous of all positions: a fire upon my rear, from Washington, and the fire, in front, from the Mexicans." President Polk finally managed to gag Scott, who went on to conquer Mexico City, return a hero, be nominated for President by the Whigs in 1852. He lost to Franklin Pierce. He continued in the service, was Abraham Lincoln's ranking general until he was retired in November 1861, aged...
Some Chinese were so rash as to hiss this sort of thing. Their Commie newspapers told them this was not the line to take. The new line: "We must strongly imitate the Russian athletes' high internationalism, patriotism and collectivism . . . and conquer unhealthy American imperialist sport styles of seeking for headlines." And winning teams...
...what Senator Taft and Mr. Hoover seem to insist upon is that we should not use land troops on the Continent unless we are certain to win ... If we only try to resist the Communists when it is a sure thing that we will win, the Communists will conquer the world...
...than any other actor in Hollywood. The reason for his popularity seems to be his complete self-reliance. People like to associate themselves with the John Wayne of the movies because there is no problem too big, no woman too impregnable, no beachhead too well guarded for him to conquer...
...Jews, Christianity outward to the Gentiles. The two faiths are organically linked as complementary aspects of God's revealed truth. Yet they are not the same; they are distinct and different in their being and in their function . . . While Israel stays with God, Christianity goes out to conquer the unredeemed world...