"Anyone who hasn't been in the Chilean forest doesn't know this planet," wrote Pablo Neruda, who grew up in the region – and whose verse was inspired by its wild landscapes, and the indomitable spirit of its native people who were only conquered after Chilean military campaigns in the late 19th century.
Africa was not only conquered, but in conquest, through the imposition of new religions and the misunderstanding of the aims of education, and later on through advertising, Africans were manipulated into thinking that their own heritage is backward: primitive, pagan, heathen, barbaric.
After all, it was only after Jordan conquered the territory in 1948 that it coined the term "West Bank" to distinguish it from the rest of the kingdom, which falls on the Jordan River's east bank.
So it is only because Jesus conquered His own anguish, conquered His fear, that we're able to celebrate the resurrection.
Geek-chic: If geeks rule the world, it was only a matter of time before they conquered fashion.
And since none of these produces anything, but is only engaged in conquering by word or deed, or in preventing others from conquering, things which exist and have been already produced-in each and all of these branches there appears to be an art which may be called acquisitive.
We have indeed attained greater heights but the implications of our impulse to conquer are only too apparent: the damage can be seen in the hills, the air, the earth and the ocean.
We're still on life support, having only conquered the infinitive.
So when Israel occupied the territories after the 1967 war, there were only two possible words: "liberated" or "conquered".
Here there are no conquerors or conquered; here there are only Spaniards.
