Word: conquered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sometimes it is not until nations understand one another's motivations that war breaks out. So it was in 1939, when Adolf Hitler finally convinced Britain and France that he meant to conquer Europe. So it was in 1990, when Saddam Hussein established beyond doubt that he wanted more than just a swatch of desert on the Kuwaiti border...
...then Elvis died. A great career move, yes, but the death knell for the polity. Lacking an icon to unify the nation, successful candidates used symbols to divide and conquer. Reagan had his welfare queens, Bush his Willie Horton. That shit wouldn't fly when Elvis walked the earth...
...would get the keys to the kingdom, the drama was heightened when the famous clock on the Times Building suddenly went dark. Now it is ticking again, as Sulzberger gallops out of the building, talking about the new plant, covering Brooklyn as thoroughly as Beirut, the outer suburbs to conquer, Pulitzers to win. Without a sigh -- he is not a sigher -- he turns down 43rd Street to catch the bus, and says, "I'm only 40. I've got time...
...question is whether the green-eyed, dark-haired 18-year-old can conquer her stage fright. Dogged by a history of erratic performances, she could be her own worst enemy if she suffers a small slip early in the competition and loses her concentration. Behind the scenes, Onodi's precompetition jitters can be comical. "Henni always forgets something," says teammate Ildiko Balog, "like her leotard or her competition number." But if she stays calm and summons some hey-look-at-me showmanship, she could hit gold. At 4 ft. 10 in., her lithe, well-proportioned frame creates the illusion...
...pretty diverse place), making me wonder why some of the kids couldn't just go get real dance lessons. And I don't know that a little bit of dancing really gives anyone's self-esteem such a boost that they go out, get straight As and conquer the world. But I had a tremendous amount of fun, got to know a lot of great Harvard students and Cambridge kids, and felt like I successfully met an unusual challenge...