Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mleczko also led the racquetwomen to a one-sided triumph over Tufts blemished only by the defeat of fifth-ranked Becky Miles...
...writing hack Westerns. The corrupt, sybaritic publishing boss closes his eyes to the printer's serial, "The Arizona Kid," and monopolizes the woman who the poor dreamer worships from afar. But Renoir slips a little social message into the revenge against this meany; the printer and his fellow workers triumph by taking over and collectivizing the printing shop, bringing the "Arizona" serial to predictible fame and fortune. The story ends sadly, but with all the unsentimental humanity that ennobled almost everything Renoir touched...
...women than the male schools did. Women in literature and history were as neglected at Mount Holyoke as they were at Harvard; the only addition to the classic curriculum were courses in music and deportment, "necessary" courses for genteel young ladies. "More to the point" than the inevitable triumph of male aggressiveness, Baker argues, "may be female passiveness, deference, if you will, which is a prominent feature not only of the women's-college academic life but also of the organized extra-curricular life--and by a simple effort of transference, of the larger society--a characteristic that the sisters...
Tough Wellesley defense, combined with sloppy Radcliffe passing, added up to a thriller for the extremely vocal Wellesley fans. The incredible uproar that arose from the peanut gallery with every Wellesley triumph fizzled the 'Cliffe's momentum time and again and helped Wellesley pull close whenever defeat seemed imminent...
...Kinte, Lou Gossett as his slave tutor, and a clutch of familiar TV veterans, humbled its network rivals in a week-long domination of the Nielsen ratings. Had ABC gambled even more by delaying the show until the start of the so-called sweep week on Jan. 31, the triumph would have been even sweeter. During those periods, ratings services measure the audiences of local stations, and the networks often air their strongest shows then to boost affiliate ad rates...