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Herrera has fashioned a demure tweed costume with the merest sigh of a skirt and rust-colored crushed-velvet tights -- guaranteed to conquer any corporate board. But she cautions against the indiscriminate use of patterns. "They have to be very special," she says. "Otherwise you look as if you have a terrible disease on your legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Stripping Down to Essentials | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

Batu charged onward to conquer Poland and Hungary, and it was probably only the death in 1242 of Batu's uncle, the Great Khan Ugedey (he was apparently - poisoned by a jealous woman in his entourage), that saved Western Europe from the fate of Kiev. Batu decided to retrench and consolidate his rule over the khanate of the Golden Horde. Spread thin though they were, the Mongols of the Golden Horde ruled Russia for more than two centuries, and it was a harsh rule. Mongol tax collectors beggared the peasantry, and occupied Russia remained completely isolated from what the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A LAND GREAT AND RICH IN SEARCH OF ORDER | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

Aside from catching rays, there are other ways to release your energy on the beaches of Padre. Surfers can challenge the relatively mild waves of the Gulf of Mexico while others can conquer sand dunes on four-wheeler motorcycles...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Parties Never Stop On This Texas Island | 2/17/1990 | See Source »

...theme of this weekend in Ivy League men's basketball is, "It's time to find new enemies, new foes to conquer...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Big Weekend for Ivy Leaders: M. Cagers to Host Brown, Yale | 2/2/1990 | See Source »

FINAL JEOPARDY! Answer: This team, after losing its first league game at home, now must conquer all future guests and snag a few road wins to fetch its first Ivy League title...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Please Phrase Answers in the Form of Questions | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

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