Word: conquered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Newt Gingrich's office, decorated with bloody Civil War battle scenes, makes an ideal command headquarters. Atop the highest ground in the city, he can survey the entire territory he hopes to conquer-and plot the ambush he says can clinch that victory. By fall, Gingrich predicted in an interview with TIME, the Republican Congress will have passed a raft of bills to implement its seven-year plan to balance the budget and will confront Bill Clinton with an excruciating choice. He will have to sign on to spending cuts that will inflame his Democratic supporters or veto them...
...long before Josephine is taking on another role, this time as a dashing, impotent millionaire, in order to conquer Sugar. In his millionaire act, Curtis does a wickedly funny parody of Cary Grant, and as a sensitive, emasculated man he proves irresistible to Sugar. Curtis is so good in the role that it even becomes possible to forgive the slight on Cary Grant...
...assault weapons. Back then Dole described America as "the Mother of Exiles" and spoke movingly about "not fearing that new Americans [might] threaten to diminish a finite national wealth." Today he supports the G.O.P.'s anti-immigrant stance. Back then he warned against "dividing a people to conquer office" and about "exacerbating [racial tensions] for political advantage." Today he opposes the affirmative-action programs he used to defend...
Apparantly, the crimson also knew how to conquer the gusts of wind, while at the same time focusing under difficult conditions...
...have not finished with education. In order to prepare the youth of America for a fair, stable and racially equitable society, education must conquer the discrimination that has hitherto been passed from generation to generation. Prejudice begins in the home--hopefully, we can battle it at school...