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...mythical attributes of a "sacred king"-of Tammuz, the Babylonian Adonis, who annually died and rose again, whose festival occurred at the same time of year as the Jewish Passover. Jesus (says Agabus-Graves) was endowed with supernatural powers of mind and will, and he did in fact conquer death. But, far from ascending into Heaven after the Resurrection, Jesus was condemned to expiate his sins (of blasphemous pride) by becoming a ghost, an "earthbound spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old Heresy, New Version | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

...across the A was the Lunghai Railroad which meandered from Sian, in China's far west, to Laoyao, a minor port on the coast. For Nationalists and Communists alike, control of this A was a strategic necessity. Through its two-way gate Nationalists could move to conquer and hold Northern China. Communists hoped to pour through it to conquer the Yangtze Valley. But if the A was the key to Peiping and the Yangtze, the keys to the A were Suchow and Kaifeng, where the Lunghai Railroad crossed the north-south lines. This was the meaning of last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Strategic A | 9/2/1946 | See Source »

...love conquer shady politicking? To this burning question, Mr. Ace's plodding plot finally provides a predictable answer (yes)-after considerable stilted dialogue and wooden acting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Aug. 12, 1946 | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

...Most extreme example: Fifth Avenue's Ricardo's jewelry advertisement: "BURSTING FURY -Atomic Inspired Pin & Earring. New fields to conquer with Atomic jewelry. The pearled bomb bursts into a fury of dazzling colors in mock rhinestones, emeralds, rubies and sapphires. . . . As daring to wear as it was to drop the first atom bomb. Complete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATOMIC AGE: The Broken Mirror | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

...Such improvements have preoccupied the Strachey clan before. John's eminent cousin, the late Historian Lytton Strachey, wrote of Elizabethan Sir John Harington: "The gay young man looked about for new worlds to conquer. . . . Suddenly inspired, he invented the water-closet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Changeful Champion | 6/10/1946 | See Source »

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