Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more than one-fourth of the entire population of the island-walked, pedaled and bounced in decrepit buses into the capital of Nicosia (pop. 80,000). They clogged the narrow streets, clotted the tortuous alleys. "Makarios, Ma-ka-ri-os," they chanted as the black-robed archbishop rode in triumph beneath arches of myrtle and laurel in a cream-colored Mark VII Jaguar. This, declared Makarios, is "the resurrection of our country...
...bright spot of the evening at the I.A.B. yesterday, the Crimson Freshman five won a convincing 87-77 triumph over Yale in the preliminary game...
...five minute stretch midway through the second half of last night's contest at the I.A.B., favored Yale outscored the varsity, 13 to 1, thus turning an extremely close game into an 82-71 Eli triumph. George Harrington, closing out his brilliant career, led both teams with 27 points, outscoring Yale's ace, Larry Downs, by three...
...varsity gives one of its poorer showings, however, a rout similar to last year's Eli 105-87 triumph could be the case. The Bulldogs sewed up third place in the Ivy League Saturday by winning for the seventh time in their last nine outings, a considerable improvement over their mediocre early season performance...
...three-sport athlete, Both was forced to miss the basketball season because of pleurisy contracted in the 3-0 triumph. But he had one more great effort in him; he licked the disease in time for the Harvard-Yale spring baseball series. In a story-book drama, Booth came to bat with the bases loaded, two out, and the Crimson ahead, 2 to 0. After the count reached three and two, Booth smashed a mighty grand-slam home run that decided the contest...