Word: conquest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Back Door. It was a crashing conquest for the man who flew westward out of Washington one afternoon last week, a known soldier but an unknown candidate...
...Kaiser's Germany was beaten, the victors rejoiced in an old, simple and true belief that it is good to tear down the mighty who abuse their strength. That was not, however, the whole truth about World War I. Germany had been invited on the path of conquest by the weakness east and west of her borders...
Further evidence of British "oppression" was the abolition of slavery in 1934, (cf. U.S. in 1863) which was one of the initial causes of British-Boer hostility. Although the Boer War may have been an act of imperialism, the conquest of the Boers has been described as the most magnanimous in history. In addition, the United Party, which has tried to assist the natives, is not "British-dominated," but contains Boer elements, including its leader, Mr. Strauss. While we cannot but deplore the racism in South Africa, we must also realize the difficult situation in which, the white population finds...
...year. But it is something for the Congressional axe-brandishers to consider as they chop away at foreign aid while their eyes are fastened on the election stump. While there is no police power to force them to pay the taxes of the free world, the threats of outside conquest and inner deterioration are far more pressing in the international case than in the domestic...
...over Owen Lattimore, the professor and publicist who played an influential role* in the shaping of U.S. Far Eastern policy, is part of a greater clamor of alarm: What U.S. mistakes led to the Communist conquest of China and the assault in Korea? Who is responsible for the mistakes...