Word: conquering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...measure does nothing-directly -to conquer prejudice or poverty. Moreover, enforcement may prove forbiddingly difficult since a Negro who is refused housing because of his race must first appeal to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, then file suit in the courts. Yet the psychological effect of the act upon developers, homeowners and Negroes alike will open many doors. For the first time by federal law, a Negro in the U.S. is as entitled as any white-or more accurately, four-fifths as entitled-to buy or rent any house or apartment that he can afford...
...amor vincit omnia Whatever may befall, The seven sins will have their day, But they will all be done away, And love will conquer...
...brightest new man in camp is catcher Gene Oliver, who hit a three run homer to win the first intra-squad game. Pitcher Billy Rohr, who astounded the baseball world last spring with a one-hitter his first time out in the major leagues, is back trying to conquer the control problem that sent him to the minors. And starting first-baseman George Scott is once again struggling to work off winter weight...
...nation's labor unions long ago perfected the divide-and-conquer tactic of selective strikes in industry-wide negotiations. Only lately have companies tempered union pressure on struck rivals through "mutual-aid pacts." The airlines have used them since 1958, and they have popped up in such industries as railroads and rubber. Last week it became known that the Big Three of U.S. automaking, going into their 1967 negotiations, had considered a mutual-aid model of their...
...home bases.... Because of our great mobility by air and sea and China's poor transport capacity even by land, the United States is strategically much closer to parts of East and South Asia than is China. It is for these reasons that any attempt by China to conquer and hold down India or much of South east Asia would prove disastrous for China...