Word: conquered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Four hours later, John Lewis, who has always used the divide & conquer strategy by dealing separately with northern and southern operators, sent word to the judge that he would abide by the injunction. This week, he began his contract-fussing with all the operators...
...Arabs were thinking less of trying to conquer the Jewish enemy than of defending their own parts of Palestine. Both sides were willing, for the moment at least, to keep Jerusalem off the list of battlefields. British High Commissioner General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham won Arab and Jewish acceptance of a ceasefire order for the city. To back it up, the British moved in heavy tanks and guns...
...Grande border, and install Maximilian as Mexico's emperor. But Mexicans had learned the meaning of the Cinco de Mayo. "You have fought the first soldiers of the day," said a patriot to the ragged victors of Puebla, "and you have been the first to conquer them...
...house ... a $2,000 Alaska seal fur coat, a ... piano, an ... automobile? . . . Listen to the details of the New York City Cancer Committee's amazing radio jackpot contest! All you have to do is to complete in 25 words or less the statement 'I give to conquer cancer because . . .' and send it in with a contribution of at least 25?." Chief designer of the new technique in cancer fund-raising is Campaign Chairman Elmer H. Bobst, a suavely youthful 63, who is also vice chairman of the American Cancer Society's board of directors. This...
Crimson yachtsmen became the second varsity squad to conquer the Eli this year when they sailed to a 86 to 76 Charles River victory on Sunday. Pete "Commodore" Putnam took three firsts out of six races as Class A entry, racking up a 36 point high for the Crimson...