Word: conquering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...allegiance "to the toilers of America and to those who by organized effort are seeking to lift the crushing burdens of the poor." Until the outbreak of World War I, the 20th century was an exuberant time. As Congregationalist Minister Gaius Glenn Atkins remembers: "The people were ready [to conquer] 'the World for Christ in this Generation.' The air was full of banners." How Christ would react to the modern world was a favorite topic for sermons and books, including If Christ Came to Chicago, all designed to inspire social reform. A great many churchmen remained stolidly conservative...
Critics of the parks have claimed that impersonality would be inevitable in such large complexes. But Pettigrew was confident that adequate planning and architecture could conquer that problem. Each unit within a complex must be designed to have individuality, and yet easy access to central facilities, he said...
...Ibsen, The Wild Duck was something of a dramatic non-sequitur. In it he consciously defied the vital premise of much of his earlier (and later) work; that truth must inevitably conquer falsehood. Ekdal, the central character, has lost both fortune and prestige in a grisly episode involving his father's illegal use of government lumber. The father, a broken man, is surviving on the charity of his guilty old friend Werle, who was also involved in the scandal but was acquitted for lack of evidence. In the last 15 years, both Ekdal and his father have built...
...finally decided not to work for any agency that had a cigarette client. After 1964, he spent much of his time with the National Interagency Council on Smoking and Health. An ad that he wrote for the cancer society is one of his personal favorites. Its message: "Give to Conquer Cancer-Strike Back...
...facing up to his dilemma, the hero must also face up to his unmanliness. The theme is not original, but in scenes that conquer the cliche, the hero gives his girl friend the gate and reads his mother the riot act: "Leave me alone...