Word: conquere
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...eleven is in for two weeks of hard practice if it expects to conquer Yale...
...last week, assumed that he would not talk through his high hat. Ambassador Bingham called fervently for pound-dollar pegging, continuing : "I believe it would be desirable if other nations were included, but, if that is not practicable, stabilization should be achieved between ourselves. . . . You may be able to conquer your difficulties alone and so may we, but I do not doubt that with proper understanding and co-operation we may not only protect and further our own interests but may play a magnificent role in aiding a world ill nearly unto death...
Frederick Clifton Packard, Jr. '20, Assistant Professor of Public Speaking, revealed yesterday that he was "surprised to learn that there were only four persons in the University who stuttered and who wished to conquer that difficulty...
What Professor Packard intends to do is build up in sufferers a confidence in their ability to conquer this difficulty and then let them do the actual work and practice themselves. This can often be done by finding a circumstance under which a person who ordinarily stutters is free from this impediment, and then building up from that...
...definite scientific cure been developed. All research tends to show that stuttering is merely a bad habit, and like all bad habits can be overcome by supplanting it with a good one. Stammering is usually pretty deeply embedded and requires much hard work and will power to conquer, but it is possible and that is why anyone desiring to overcome this handicap should consult Professor Packard as to the best way of going about...