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Word: conquered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Omnibus (Sun. 5 p.m., CBS). She Stoops to Conquer, starring Michael Redgrave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Nov. 21, 1955 | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

...main reasons the Israelis fought so hard to conquer the barren Negeb in the Palestinian war was that they were sure they could find oil there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Promise in the Promised Land? | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

...million televiewers who saw him conquer an adman's dream of Everest, Dick McCutchen proved a perfect dish. Shaken well, he had the drawling deference of a vintage Jimmy Stewart, the nerve of a riverboat gambler, and the Montezuman morale of a Marine. Not the least, he had an astronomical gastronomical education, inherited from his globetrotting naval-officer father, who has spent years accumulating exotic recipes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED SERVICES: Semper Chow | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

...People's [i.e., Chinese Communist] Government would cause the Communist world or any part of it to modify its over-all objectives and thus resolve or diminish the ultimate cause of tensions in Asia. The net effect probably would be to increase the self-confidence, the will to conquer, and the capabilities of the Soviet-Communist empire. Those who think otherwise would do well to review our recognition of the Soviet Government, and British recognition of the Central People's Government. The Soviet Government gave promises - to desist, to refrain, to perform and to permit. Which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgments & Prophecies, Sep. 26, 1955 | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

...destroying fleas). His most heroic feat was in wrestling the Evil Spirit for 50 days. Finally Tammany upended the Evil Spirit with a hip lock and tried to roll him into the Ohio River. But an immense rock stood in the way, and Tammany failed to conquer evil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SACHEMS & SINNERS AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF TAMMANY HALL | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

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