Word: conquered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crown sent them forth to conquer the world, and they did. In just a year or so, they rejuvenated the royal family. Nights on television, mornings in the papers, there were pictures that made the rest of the news look meager and soiled: whirling around the dance floor in Australia with Diana's emerald necklace subbing as a headband, kicking up their heels at a White House ball and back home, kissing at a polo match. In her interview last November on the BBC's Panorama program, Diana spoke repeatedly about their effectiveness as a team. Was it intended...
...FIRST, READING ABOUT JOHNSON'S return to basketball, I was terribly concerned. Then I realized that he possesses the courage and fidelity we need to conquer the prejudice and pain that HIV inflicts upon us. I certainly admire Johnson and hope we can all learn from his commitment to living a normal life. KIMBERLY-ANNE BERNHARDT, age 17 Geneva...
Those who stoop in New Hampshire often conquer, but the contortions have left the winners aching long after. In 1988 George Bush promised no new taxes, and Bob Dole fatally refused; two years later Bush ripped his party apart when he abandoned his pledge. In 1992 Bill Clinton promised a juicy middle-class tax cut and upon election didn't bother with a decent interval: he jettisoned the idea before taking office. Lately New Hampshire hasn't just picked Presidents; it has presaged presidencies...
After a dominating 194-106 victory over Princeton and then a 146-72 pounding of Pennsylvania yesterday, the team can now bask in the glory of another Ivy title. The only thing left to conquer is the Eastern Championships, to be held at the end of this month at Brown University. There, the Crimson will have an opportunity to avenge its loss to Yale and grasp the bragging rights of the league...
...insist on portraying Harvard as planning to reduce its fiscal support? First, there is the fact that the FAS must balance a deficit budget and had fired the directors of the only two departments to have expanded--public service and computer services. Second, there is the divide-and-conquer trick of guranteeing "the very successful HAND programs...through this year and into the future" but not PBHA, pitting student organization against student organization...