Word: conquering
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...Divide & Conquer. In Manhattan, two ex-convicts who had joined forces to rob pretty Eleanor Joly were nabbed by police when they came around again to make separate social calls...
...Japanese who must put forth this supreme effort, however, have first to conquer their national schizophrenia, to achieve a union between the descendants of Hideyoshi and Ieyasu. Osaka and Nagoya must somehow be put together if Japan is to survive...
...Bishop of Pamplona; at 16, archbishop of Valencia; at 17, a cardinal. Only the papal throne itself stood ahead of young Cardinal Borgia, but since that was now occupied by his crafty father (who had become Pope Alexander VI), the frustrated youngster started looking around for other worlds to conquer...
When one group of students aged 14 to 16 were asked what they would like to do, the majority gave answers like this: "Want to be a strato-navigator"; "Want to conquer the Arctic"; "Would like to build a special radio station to contact Mars . . . want to fly there...
...bull fight, its violence, bloodshed, and death. The bull is not the hopeless underdog most American think it is. In Lea's books, the bull becomes the brave animal whose fighting spirit is the prime example of valor. Man must muster all his skill, artistry, bravery, and strength to conquer the animal, and he does not always win. In painting the skillful technique which brings the bull to his death, Lea creates a picture of violence and beauty--a rare combination that makes bull fighting a great art to some people and makes "The Brave Bulls" an unusually interesting book...