When playing the "conquer the world" board game Risk as an adolescent growing up in a well-to-do Cairo suburb, Kai Bird avoided occupying the Middle East.
A.E.Housman, the author of "A Shropshire Lad", the town's favourite son, who is buried in St Lawrence's churchyard, once wrote: "And Ludlow chimes are playing, 'The Conquering Hero Comes'".
The Europeans came, played and conquered.
He has been called by fans in Italy, one of three European countries where he played and conquered, the Phenomenon.
"We came together because Columbia is playing divide and conquer here," said Robin Shweder, head of the Manhattan Valley, Morningside Heights and Harlem Neighbors for Viable Neighborhoods, one of several groups formed in reaction to the plan, "and we wanted to be a unifier".
We heard from people close to Mr. Zuckerberg that part of his leadership skills can be attributed to his penchant for playing games that involve conquering virtual worlds.
If Democrats can't coalesce around a progressive alternative, that will provide opportunities for the White House to play divide and conquer, and will leave some Democrats fearful of missing the tax-cut train".
The fire hose of social media tricks us into thinking that, for a fleeting moment, we can play God and conquer every link that is dumped upon us; it gives us the mad utopian hope that, with proper training, we can emerge victorious in the war on information overload.
First, because it diminishes China's ability to play divide and conquer with a group of nations each one of which is dwarfed by the PRC and its economic and military power.
His work played a large role in conquering polio.
