Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...certain following in Boston, whether it has a 'crack or a cracked football eleven. So with William. He has his following, reaching as far down as Saco, Me., doubtless, and whether he has a good or a poor play, his following will turn out to see him triumph over the villains and kiss the prettiest girl in the show. The out-of-town trade may miss the kiss in catching the late train home, for it's the last thing on the program; but that's the play-wright's fault...
...front, to attempt to recoup the disaster when opportunity offers, will do much to cause confidence in the eventual outcome of that struggle. No soldier in France has more carefully mastered the theory of war nor more brilliantly carried it to execution; wherever he has been he has achieved triumph, by studying not only the physical factors before him, but also the morale of his troops. On three occasions in particular has he achieved decisive success. The first was the Battle of la Fere Champenoise, in the centre of front on the Marne, where against overwhelming odds he rearranged...
...better example of the old adage "it never rains but it pours" could be found than the history of the war during the last month. Now, as a climax to this series of defeats and discouragement's, comes the news of the triumph of the Maximalists and the Bolsheviki, the capture of the Winter Palace, and the flight of Kerensky. This is one of the few single events of the war that seems irretrievable, that offers no ray of hope or consolation. Even should Kerensky succeed in rallying the Army to his support and reestablishing a new government in Moscow...
...parade on Fifth Avenue. The familiar cloudblue, sand-brown, and leaf-green uniforms will be passe as are hoop skirts now. We may suppose an army clad in giraffe spots combatting victoriously at Potsdam, and taking time to change to ostrich-white and black before entering the capitol in triumph...
...well be allowed in times of peace, when all men as a matter of course waste their time and their strength. It can not to the least degree be allowed in time of war, when our utmost strength is called upon that we as a brave nation may achieve triumph...