1.   Team members were greeted like conquering heroes on their return.

2.   The pomp, ceremony and popular jubilation accompanying his arrival in Madrid at the end of the war were, naturally, what befitted a conquering hero.

3.   As luck would have it, the conquering hero was Adelphia Communications.

4.   Both opened in small theaters last season, then moved to Broadway like conquering heroes, trailing passionate praise.

5.   ----- When Trinidad returned to Puerto Rico after defending his title against Pernell Whitaker in February, he was a conquering hero.

6.   But in Birmingham on Sunday, Barkley was the conquering hero returned home.

7.   Hale, the conquering hero.

8.   Hail the conquering hero.

9.   He was welcomed like a conquering hero, but also peppered with questions about how his government would spend billions of dollars in international aid.

10.   He would be hailed as a conquering hero, right?