Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Scott of the Antarctic" is a rare example of the triumph of honest melodrama--a film which faithfully records the melodrama of actual events. There is no toying with spectacular effects, no falsely dramatic sequences. As a result, the natural spectacle of the Antarctic and the genuine drama of Scott's struggle against it come through with clarity and power...
Adams scored its triumph over Kirkland mostly on terrific power through the line. Late in the second quarter they powered their way over from the 1 with Fred Fialkow carrying...
...question is a genuine one; its solution is credible. But along the way, the credibility is gradually eased out, and the final dramatic moment does not ring true. The courtroom scene in which Pinky bests the representative of intolerance is a bit too close to a sudden triumph of righteousness for comfort. Pinky's meetings with the doctor are probably the most weakening factors in the plot; especially in the final encounter, the conflict between love and principle is just too much for the actors to carry...
...heard notion that coaches spend "sleepless nights" when they have worries is quite pertinent this week in the case of the varsity soccer team; and Coach Druce Munro hopes his sleepless nights will bring about a Crimson triumph when the team takes on Army at noon today on the Business School Field...
Texans bragged this week about a triumph of commerce-with a touch of culture. Dallas' Cokesbury Book Store staked out a claim as the biggest in the U.S. It made no difference to Cokesbury that Manhattan's Brentano's and Macy's disputed the claim. With hymn and prayer befitting its ownership by the Methodist Church,* and with typical Texasity, the block-long, five-story Cokesbury opened a three-story addition and plugged away at surpassing its sales of $1,635,000, profits of $140,000 during its last fiscal year...