Word: conquering
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...scorpion's heart"; the third a saucily imperious opera singer. Each day the chamberlain will raise the red lantern in front of one of their houses, and that woman will be blessed with the master's favors. His strategy, supported by millenniums of male domination, is divide and conquer. So the caged princesses must play power games, with their rivals as opponents and their servants as pawns. Subtly, sullenly, the women flaunt their femininity -- and in doing so destroy any chance for their sisterhood to flower. Songlian, the youngest, is the first to rebel against this system. A tragic comeuppance...
...added, "It is working slowly and badly. We may know better than anyone else how unsteady are these very, very weak signs of stabilization that have taken shape." In a personal appeal published last week in London's Financial Times, Gaidar declared, "Our basic task is this: we must conquer a powerful inflation bequeathed by the old system, while at the same time rapidly introducing market forces and private ownership." Those policies are coming into place, he wrote, so "if the West wants to help us, now is the time...
...American promise. See The Mambo Kings -- attend to its music and its sensuous moves -- and try, just try, to keep from dancing out of the theater. For two bouncy hours, whether you are a gas pumper in Omaha or an art dealer looking for new canvases to conquer, you can be a Cuban in love...
...avoided military service. That makes Clinton unelectable in November, Kerrey insisted. In an awkward affectation of Southern folksiness, the Nebraskan predicted Clinton would "get opened up like a boiled peanut" by the Republican President. But Clinton barked right back, accusing Kerrey of using "the disgraceful divide-and-conquer tactics for which George Bush became famous...
...most important, our American values proved themselves as resilient as they ever were. The "diabolical" Saddam Hussein, as nasty as he wanted to be, attempted to conquer his tiny neighbor. But the world, convinced of the injustice of dictatorial, militaristic oppression, stood firm, inspired by the quick-thinking, quick-acting United States of America. While the Japanese and the Germans dickered over whether to help out, we jumped in to defend justice, freedom and democracy...