Word: conquest
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...Japanese are still torn by conflicting emotions over their proper place in the sun. A new nationalism is bubbling up through the country that has little to do with old dreams of imperial conquest. Rather it is based on a pride in Japan's achievements and a desire for other nations to recognize its status. At the same time, the Japanese are sometimes seen by outsiders as lacking clear goals for their country or any abiding sense of how to put their wealth and power to use. "There must be some ideal that we have that would appeal to mankind...
Hard-liners in the West were quick to denounce the invasion as a first step toward the seizure of the oil fields and warm-water ports of the Persian Gulf, ) and as part of a continuing overall Soviet design for the conquest of the world. More moderate experts, like Diplomat and Historian George Kennan, the father of the doctrine that the U.S. and its allies must "contain" Soviet expansionism around the globe, had another explanation. They believed that Leonid Brezhnev and the other Kremlin gerontocrats were seeking a buffer zone against Islamic ferment in Iran, much as Joseph Stalin...
...Radcliffe rugby club finished its conquest of the New England area by defeating the only team it had yet to play this year. The Black and White (6-1) defeated Boston College, 8-0, Saturday at Soldiers Field...
...Holmes a Court (the name dates from the Norman Conquest, in 1066) carried out his fire sale with characteristic decisiveness. The first glittering piece of his empire to go was his 10% holding in Texaco, valued at more than $800 million before the crash. Holmes a Court sold half his shares to U.S. Financier Carl Icahn in November for $360 million, at an estimated loss of $65 million. Other items: an 8% stake in the British retailer Sears PLC, sold for $300 million (loss: $41 million), and a 16% stake in Australia's Pioneer Concrete Services (loss: $54 million...
...fact, political scientists may someday look back at this presidential race, and be able to chart the conquest of image over the American political system. Not the infiltration of medial politics, for Ronald Reagan was nothing, if not a media candidate. But its grand perfection. For in 1988 we have a political contest in which every candidate, from party hack to civil rights leader to ethnic technocrat, conforms to a well-thought-out media plan. Where a 39-year-old, wet-behind-the-ears legislator like Sen. Albert Gore '69 (D-Tenn) is pushed into the presidential race...