Word: conquere
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...delights. It seemed to me that, like the cartoon commercial claimed--everyone got "A big delight out of every bite of Hostess Cupcakes." That tempting creamy middle really did seem to revitalize all those lucky enough to devour it, and gave them the requisite sugar rush they needed to conquer the playset from the older, more powerful second-graders...
...released imminently -- only to have their hopes callously dashed. "One night they said I was going home, and dressed me in nice clothes," Jenco recalls of his 564-day captivity. "When I dressed, they said, 'Just kidding,' and laughed. I started to cry." There were also divide- and-conquer ploys: at one point, Anderson and Sutherland were given crates of books and a radio, while two other captives were given nothing...
From mid-July 1942 onward, the fighting intensified as the Germans advanced along the great bend of the Don River. Hitler ordered the German Sixth Army to conquer Stalingrad by Aug. 25. Stalin ordered the city to prepare for siege...
...game may be football, but it is an obstacle course the Crimson will have to conquer when it meets the Big Red today at Schoellkopf Field...
...think Jeremy was looking for new worlds to conquer," Westheimer says. "I think he will be marvelous. He has a great breadth of knowledge and interests. I think he will be able to do wonderful things for Harvard...