Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...communes. In those perilous postwar years, De Gasperi was a genius at compromise. His Cabinet had Communists and right-wingers; seven times it fell, and seven times he patiently rebuilt another coalition. Not until May 1947 did he finally rid his Cabinet of Communists. His smashing triumph in the 1948 elections (with powerful backing by the U.S.) was widely recognized as a significant cold-war victory. A passionate believer in Europe, he was convinced that Italy could only achieve itself as part of a united Europe...
...rain of miniature U.S. flags and Canadian ensigns. At long last construction was started on the huge electric-power project undertaken jointly by the State of New York and the Canadian Province of Ontario. Said Dewey: "The crapehangers may now soak their heads. This is a day of triumph...
...final vote was a triumph for Studebaker Chairman Paul Hoffman and President Harold Vance, and a vindication for Louis Horvath, president of Local 5. By a margin of better than eight to one, the workers agreed to take the pay cuts...
Venice's greatest triumph was a display of 163 ritual bronzes, semiabstractions of dragons and sundry monsters, mellowed by the patina of the centuries. It was the age of the pieces, dating back to the Yin dynasty, that most impressed the nonexpert art lovers. But it was their forms, especially one unique three-legged chüeh (wine goblet) of the Yin period, that delighted the connoisseurs. Said Florence's aged (89) art oracle, Expatriate Bernard Berenson: "The best collection of Chinese bronzes ever brought together under one roof in Europe...
...terrorism in Morocco, even Fashion Designer Dior's offensive against the bosom all receded while the nation concentrated on the biggest bike race in the world. Nearly 20 million people turned out to see the bikes go by. It was more than a sporting event, it was a triumph of showmanship-as French as a march on the Bastille or a meal with snails...