Word: conquerors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Frank Erne (rhymes with churny), 79, onetime lightweight (1899-1902) boxing champion, conqueror in 1900 of the immortal Joe Gans (to whom he lost the crown in a rematch that ended with a first-round, one-punch knockout), in recent years the oldest living ex-champion; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan...
Founded in 1843 by France's colonial conqueror, Marechal Thomas-Robert Bugeaud de La Piconnerie, Orleansville was a dusty, bustling trade center of 32,500, built on the site of an ancient Roman city. Orleansville's newest building, not completed by last week, was a nine-story apartment house. At 1 :07 on the morning the earthquake struck, 25 construction workers were sleeping peacefully on the unfinished third floor of the new building. Less than a minute later, as the whole town awoke to a nightmare, building and workers together collapsed in a heap like a house...
...prize because "the bear always wins and never asks for money," 3) nobly dissuaded outraged circus spectators from burning down the tent, 4) attached the circus' box office for the amount of the prize, 5) stood a chance of becoming Bobo's owner as well as conqueror...
...pieces of Chinese silk, some Chinese folk stories, richly engraved. And at Geneva's final session, the Premier of Red China took it upon himself to praise "the fine conciliatory spirit" of Mendès-France, the "praiseworthy efforts" of Molotov and Anthony Eden. "Undoubtedly," said Chou the Conqueror, "the success of this conference is tremendous...
...week's end, Chou the Conqueror headed home via Warsaw, Moscow and Ulan Bator, clasping a brand-new doctorate of law from East Berlin's University. The citation praised him for "masterful application of international...