31.   Vaingloriously posing for Annie Leibovitz, the Bushies are hailed as conquering heroes and heroic conquerors in the new Vanity Fair.

32.   Upon returning home, the players were greeted as conquering heroes, with a police escort awaiting at the edge of town.

33.   When Tyson disposed of Bruno, the Park West crowd went crazy, stomping and cheering for the conquering hero.

34.   Williams returns home not a conquering hero but a modest, grateful one, with no Big Easy ghosts to exorcise.

35.   While they were mute in Texas, the rest of the nation hailed the conquering heroes.

36.   With DVD being hailed as a conquering hero by the entertainment industry, the big laserdiscs may be closed to spinning their last movie.

37.   Yet, in some ways, he returns less a conquering hero than a legend who left town prematurely.

38.   Yet, Delhomme did not set out to be the conquering hero.

39.   And yet, for many of his countrymen, he died a conquering hero.

40.   Bourque, now a conquering hero instead of a sentimental favorite, will be there with his wife and three children.