Word: conquerors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President James Monroe Smith, a Long man, was sentenced to from eight to 24 years in prison for embezzlement. L.S.U.'s last president, William ("The Conqueror") Hatcher retired on grounds of health after a series of administration-faculty disagreements...
...ying, Communist army chief of staff and now mayor of Peiping. When he took office in February, Yeh told Peiping's municipal workers: "I often make mistakes and I welcome correction. But I would not welcome it chalked on the toilet wall." Other Red delegates: General Lin Piao, conqueror of Manchuria; Lin Po-chu, chairman of the Communist Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia border government; Li Weihan, Communist party whip and negotiator at Marshall mission conferences two years...
...possible outcome of the idea of federalism in Europe, Professor Gordon offered three possibilities: (1), nothing will happen, which is most likely; (2), federalism under a conqueror; (3), federalism under a false belief that it can be accomplished easily...
...Chinese people have borne, driven off or absorbed, many a conqueror-the Huns and Mongols, the Tartars and Manchus. But the conqueror who, in the name of a grandiose world conspiracy, prepared to take over China last week could rival all of these. Mao Tse-tung knew that. Once, while flying over a civil war battlefield on which his men fought blindly for what they thought was the end of misery, Mao had written a poem. Excerpt...
...third time in 21 years Peiping's citizens last week prepared to receive an approaching conqueror. At first their preparations were scarcely perceptible. Skaters still weaved across Nan Hai Lake, near the Forbidden City. In the adjoining park, old gentlemen taking their caged songsters for an airing paused to compare birds. The lovely city (its name means "Northern Peace") expected, even looked forward to a quick, peaceful turnover...