Word: conquers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Much had happened since they last met, January 20. Mussolini's legions had miserably failed to conquer Greece. Hitler had rescued them. Mussolini's legions had been chased out of Egypt and westward across half of Italian Libya. Hitler had rescued them. The France that Mussolini declared war against had become a friend of Hitler's. Hitler's Air Force had taken Crete, astride the eastern Mediterranean...
...other seas that may interest us. . . . Treaties are transactions which represent agreements, points of equilibrium. No treaty is eternal.-so said Mussolini, dreaming of expansion in 1923. Benito Mussolini was a man in whom the imperial dream was an obsession. Italy would grow strong through Fascism, then Italy would conquer an empire. Not only bits of Africa would be hers; she would rule Mare Nostrum and its shores. Italian ships would ply back & forth between Italy and Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco; to the east they would sail to the gates of Islam, which would recognize Italy as its protector...
...under his control (see p. 27), he held sway over northwest Africa, had a foothold in the Near East. Peace would be fine for Hitler-peace with the status quo. It would give him time to consolidate his conquests, to build a navy, to soften up new worlds to conquer...
...most outstanding match of the afternoon was the number one affair in which Harvardian Jim Jenkins defeated bespectacled John Benn handily 6-2, 6-1. Jenkins played practically errorless ball to conquer his highly touted opponent who is ranked second in New, England intercollegiate competition...
From this juncture the camera frequently scans pages from the Centuries. Most favored prophecy: "The young lion will conquer the old one upon the field in a single combat. He will pierce his eye in a golden cage, who will then die a dreadful death." This meant nothing until Henry II died after a joust with the Count of Montgomery. A lance penetrated his golden visor, pierced his eye. That established Nostradamus as a prophet...