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...Topkapi Museum was originally a palace built in the 1470s for the retinue of Mohammed the Conqueror. As the empire grew, so did the retinue, until under Suleiman, it numbered more than 5,000. Attached to the imperial household, working in tiny studios scattered through the rambling palace grounds, were artisans and craftsmen whose job was to transform the raw plunder of war into objects that enhanced the glory of the sultan. The artisans also instructed the sultans' sons, for each young prince had to have at least one skill not connected with the throne. Suleiman was an expert...
...varsity was the New England champion and took second in the Ivy League behind Princeton, its only conqueror...
Communists Compete. For six years after the Communists took power in China, Peking was too busy and too poor to try to reassert China's influence over its ancient colony and onetime conqueror...
...Europe. Botvinnik's endurance paid off in the grueling, three-day 20th game when Tal slumped wearily in his seat after the 121st move and settled for a stalemate. Two days later, calmly sipping hot coffee while Tal paced uneasily, the ex-champ finished off his youthful conqueror after 33 moves, won back his title, 13 games...
...Conqueror's End. A careful man who never smoked or drank, Martini seldom visited his empire, and, when he did, was surrounded by bodyguards. While his wife whisked about Paris in a snow-white Chevrolet Bel Air and spent her evenings backstage at the Folies Pigalle, Martini stayed snugly at home in the suburban chateau, where every visitor was screened by three ham-handed Arab thugs. The empire was briery threatened last spring when a Corsican hood named Michel Defendin loudly announced his intention of "conquering the Place Pigalle." This threat evaporated last month when Defendin was found lying...