Word: triumph
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Correspondent Lee Griggs met Kenyatta the day in 1961 that he came home in triumph to his village near Nairobi. Remembers Griggs: "In the crush of thousands I only managed a handshake and a few words, but I was instantly impressed. The handshake was firm and the eyes were almost blazing with determination." Griggs asked if he was bitter about his long detention in the desolate north of his country...
Last week's events suggested that Somoza may yet have his mind made up for him. In Panama, safe, sound and almost delirious with triumph, the Sandinistas, with their newly released comrades, were no doubt preparing for some new victories. Cero assured his captives when he bade them goodbye: "We'll be back in two months...
Ever since 1689, when its Protestant citizens cried "No surrender!" and withstood a 105-day siege by the Catholic armies of James II, the city of Londonderry has been the symbol of Protestant triumph and Catholic humiliation. For nearly three centuries after the siege, Catholic residents of the city were forbidden by custom to live within Derry's six-foot-thick, lichen-green stone walls; the "Catholic area" was a nearby swamp appropriately called Bogside. Nor were Catholics?even when they became a majority in Derry?ever allowed to play any major role in the city's administration. When...
Lightning struck two young men visiting Sequoia National Park in 1975, killing one and damaging the other's nervous system. The tragedy would seem to be an ugly triumph of miscreant weather and bad luck, yet a pending lawsuit against the National Park Service demands "no less than a million" for the disabled survivor and $1,606,645 for his late companion's family. The plaintiffs' argument: the park management negligently failed to warn the victims against standing where lightning might strike. The most amazing thing about the plaintiffs' position is that...
Although some venturesome bookies rate the Conservatives as 6-to-4 favorites, most opinion polls show the two parties running virtually neck-and-neck; this is a triumph of sorts for Labor, which two years ago was trailing by 22 points. A key question for the government, however, is the future electoral fate of the faltering Liberal Party, whose 13 M.P.'s provided the margin of victory for Labor on numerous key votes in the 635-seat Commons. Last week the Liberals were dealt a staggering blow outside Parliament (see following story), which made their balloting prospects look even...