Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pleased as punch with this apparent propaganda triumph, Okinawa's American rulers failed to recall the extreme politeness required of a guest by Japanese etiquette. This oversight was sharply brought to their attention last week when Parliamentarian Takaoka issued a public report on the visit. Among his recommendations: ¶ Americans should turn over civil administration of Okinawa to Japan. ¶ Okinawans should be allowed to fly the Japanese flag. ¶ Unless it would "inconvenience" U.S. strategists, all troops on Okinawa should be moved to the uninhabited north end of the island...
...community where Miss Julie is an unwilling, latter-day Sappho. Miss Cara dies myteriously of an overdose of sleeping drops: was it suicide over losing Olivia's affections? Miss Julie leaves school, telling Olivia emotionally that her life has been a constant fight against letting her feelings triumph over her social conscience; that she has lost the fight, and rather than be descreet, prefers to go away. And Olivia rides off in a carriage with the school cook Victoire, thinking, understanding very dimly...
...style that went wrong," said Carnegie when the race was over. "We did." Old Blues on the riverbank were inclined to huff: after all, Cambridge had won. And hearing the traditionalists crow in triumph, one of Rebel Carnegie's young revolutionaries mourned: "English rowing will probably remain outmoded now for another decade...
...mathematics on the side, he had by 1922 already stumbled on the secret of letting the line speak for itself. Set against monochrome backgrounds, it could float as joyously as a ribbon on a June breeze, take on the tension of coiled springs, jam up in anger, ascend in triumph or struggle behind the heavy, heavy black grillwork of despair. But for decades Hartung's new-found language spoke only to himself and a few fellow artists. Between 1922 and 1946 he sold only three paintings. Says he: "I don't know how I managed to survive...
Died. Eugenio Castellotti, 26, wealthy Italian playboy and racing driver, who streaked to his greatest triumph by winning Italy's Mille Miglia last year; in a crash of his Ferrari during testing for the forthcoming Monaco race; in Modena, Italy...