Word: triumph
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From this there logically flows, in turn, a conviction that victory, precisely because it will be triumph of all that is good over all that is good over all that is bad, will make all things possible--will open the gates to a new Utopia, whereas anything less than total victory would be a shameful compromise with the devil--a betrayal of all that is worth while. In his euphoria visions and concepts of the future peace become corrupted both by illusions of virtue and omnipotence addressed to oneself and equally unrealistic punitive aspirations unfortunately the conduct...
...Punta del Este meeting was undeniably a personal triumph for Lyndon Johnson, who had seized on and promoted the idea for a conference that would open a new era of Latin American economic cooperation. It was Johnson's first trip ever to South America and his first opportunity to meet Latin American Presidents, many of whom had been prepared to dislike him. But Johnson proved far more charming and disarming, far more simpatico than most of them had expected-and they were won over. Even more important, the U.S. President sounded a clarion call that none of them could...
More formally known as the Trans-Alpine Line, T.A.L. is a triumph of agile engineering; its long pipe rises from sea level to 5,100 ft. in the Alps, pierces mountain rock in three 4½-mile tunnels, and crosses 30 sizable rivers as it snakes for 288 miles from the Italian port of Trieste to refineries at Ingolstadt in West Germany. When its pumps begin pushing oil next month, the T.A.L. will be Europe's largest pipeline; eventually it will move one million barrels of crude...
...crown triumphant Caesar's triumph...
Number three man Paul Oldfield matched. McGuinn's 3 and 2 score over his Williams opponent and seven man Roger Wales added a 2 up decision to Lopucki's narrow 1 up triumph to provide the 4-3 margin over the Ephmen...