Word: conquerors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Native Souvenirs. How Fisby got around the Purdy plan and built himself a miniature Utopia full of happy Okinawans is the story of Vern Sneider's nimble novel. An Army veteran with Okinawa service, Sneider has written a shrewd fantasy about the American in the uncomfortable role of conqueror...
What is Nehru saying? That bloodshed is evil; that force is self-destructive; that love is the only real conqueror. He says there is something wrong in a world that contains both poverty and technical progress, the reality of war and the yearning for peace. He appeals to everyone who thinks that it is probably sinful to be rich, and certainly sinful to have the atom bomb. His central thesis is Gandhi's: never compromise with evil, not even for the sake of ultimate good...
...Tokyo's grey, early-morning dampness, the general's five-starred Chrysler swung down the highway through the lanes of Japanese police and some 200,000 citizens who had been waiting since dawn to pay a farewell to the conqueror who had won their admiration. The car rolled to a stop on the broad apron of Tokyo's Haneda airport. Douglas MacArthur stepped out, his face drawn and grey beneath the battered, gold-laced cap. He shook hands with Matt Ridgway, the man Harry Truman had sent to relieve him, then stood at attention to receive...
...Third Field Army (about 620,000) now seems mostly stationed in North China, and especially on the strategic Shantung Peninsula. Its commander is the redoubtable Chen Yi, conqueror of Nanking and Shanghai, a warrior-poet who is now mayor of Shanghai. After V-J day, from his lair in Shantung, he kept the Nanking government cut off from its great northern cities. Rumors have reached the U.S. that Chen Yi would like to sell...
...second consecutive (third altogether)North and South open golf title. ¶ In Brisbane, Australian Tennis Champion Frank Sedgman over U.S. Champion Art Larsen, a smashing, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory for the Queensland title. ¶ In Baltimore, the Greentree Stable's One Hitter, twice conqueror of Noor, over a second-rate field for the winner-take-all $15,000 Pimlico Special. ¶ In Manhattan, perennial (22 years) world Court Tennis Champion Pierre Etchebaster (TIME, Dec. 26) over Challenger Alastair Martin, U.S. and British amateur champion, in straight sets. ¶ In Buenos Aires, an Argentine basketball team over...