Word: conquest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...still in desultory debate. Sir Benegal Rau had received no reply from Peking. But from Peking's envoy, Wu, he heard that his petition was getting full "consideration," that Red China was "desirous of bringing the fighting to an end as soon as possible." Skeptical newsmen asked: "By conquest or negotiation?" Rau just smiled...
...Yardlings swept to an easy 84 5/6 to 22 1/6 conquest of the Jumbo freshmen on the Tufts indoor oval...
...could begin dropping atomic bombs on the center of World Communist aggression-Russia-and take the feeble measures now available to minimize Russian retaliation. There is little chance that such measures could 1) stave off Russian atomic bombing of the U.S., perhaps of Britain, 2) defend Europe against Russian conquest, or 3) protect any part of the Asian mainland. Very long range, however, there was a chance that the U.S. and its allies could win such...
...army has the immediate advantage of numbers. In the year since the conquest of China, Mao has built up his forces steadily. They are 2,500,000 strong, divided into four huge field armies. Their rigidly enforced discipline is the marvel of China. They are intensively trained by vigilant officers, intensively indoctrinated by even more vigilant political commissars. The best is Lin Piao's army; it overran Manchuria and North China, now leads the assault in Korea...
...Advancing!" Like many a dictator before him, Mao tries to divert the minds of his people from his unkept promises by emphasizing "foreign encirclement." His press keeps up a din for the conquest of Formosa and Tibet...