Word: conquered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What kind of people are spending for such things? And why? An immensely wealthy individual-a Getty, a Norton Simon, a Mellon-finds in great art what eluded Alexander of Macedon-a last world to conquer. It is a lust to which overachievers have been notoriously susceptible, from Catherine the Great, who built Leningrad's incomparable Hermitage ("I am not a nibbler but a glutton") to U.S. Industrialist Joseph Hirshhorn, the great benefactor of the Smithsonian ("I have a madman's rage for art"). To be sure, such stupendous collectors and donors still make record purchases...
...press conference continued, Pressler rattled on about why he should be elected. Outside the large windows of the tennis club, players looked in curiously from time to time to see what the lack of fuss was all about. Finally it was over. Larry Pressler set off to conquer other worlds, and Alexander Hamilton pulled the plug on his gasohol still...
...came to beg food from the Vietnamese soldiers, who occasionally threw them scraps. All three deserters were adamant in testifying they had seen no food from international relief agencies distributed to hungry Cambodian civilians. Said Tran: "I don't think the North Vietnamese will tire of battling to conquer Cambodia, even if it takes another year or two." His fellow deserter Van added: "The North Vietnamese are unhappy when they're not fighting...
...last scene is as difficult to present as the eye-gouging scene in King Lear. Redford stages it identically to the courtroom scene, with Hermione on a pedestal above the rest of the players. It is a beautiful idea, uniting the play--allowing the virtue of Hermione to conquer all this time around. Clemenson once again masters the complexity of his role, as he wondrously discovers that the statue is in fact his living wife...
...where I could take two or three people off the street at least, where I can produce something. But the number one thing to think about is survival. People say they can't do this but they don't try; if I set myself a goal I want to conquer. If I don't, I sick...