Word: conquering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Brigadier General Jefferson Randolph Kean,† 90, U.S. Army surgeon who took part in wars against Sioux, Spanish and Germans, helped conquer yellow ever in turn-of-the-century Cuba, helped reate the U.S. Army's Medical Reserve "orps; in Washington...
...imperialists into two categories: the ocean devils and the land devils. Among the powers which came over the seas, in the first place, were Spain and Portugal; then came The Netherlands, Great Britain and France; still later came Germany and Italy. The one country which came to exploit and conquer Asia over land was Russia . . . The United States of America did not participate . . . The policy of the United States in the Far East was based on sound United Nations principles 50 years before these principles were embodied in the Charter of the United Nations...
...present project in New Mexico he now spends most of his time with his eyes fixed on the hot summer skies, watching for new clouds to conquer. He has teamed up with Dr. E. J. Workman, president of the New Mexico School of Mines, who has begun a new series of experiments, studying the electrical habits of thunderstorms...
...Aggression." The Communist march on South Korea, said the President, marked a new era in East-West relations. "This attack has made it clear, beyond all doubt," he said in a dry, controlled voice, "that the international communist movement is willing to use armed invasion to conquer independent nations ... It was an act of raw aggression ... I repeat: It was an act of raw aggression...
...bitter over U.S. indifference to Korea before World War II, and outraged by U.S. acceptance of the postwar partition of his country. Last week Rhee wrote to the U.N. Security Council: "Almost all the civilized world has rallied to support the Republic of Korea, knowing if the Communists could conquer here, there was no place where they would not try to conquer...