Word: triumph
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...reporting on the Republicans' loss of Congress took a look at what the triumph of moderates and pragmatists will mean for domestic and foreign policy. Many readers were eager to bid good riddance to scandals and a faltering war strategy, while others remained wary or skeptical of any bipartisan gain Re "Reaching for the center" [Nov. 20]: The American people used the power of the vote to boot the corrupt, ideologically blinkered, full-of-themselves Republicans out of their congressional majorities. Our Founding Fathers were skeptical of the notion that seemingly virtuous politicians would always govern wisely. The founders knew...
...reporting on the Republicans' loss of Congress took a look at what the triumph of moderates and pragmatists will mean for domestic and foreign policy. Many readers were eager to bid good riddance to scandals and a faltering war strategy, while others remained wary or skeptical of any bipartisan gain...
...flabbergasted that your cover in the wake of the Democratic election triumph was a Venn diagram with the headline "Why the Center Is the New Place to Be" [Nov. 20]. Huh? The Democrats kicked butt. You should have put Howard Dean on the cover. It was his 50-state strategy, along with the great fund-raising work of Congressman Rahm Emanuel and Senator Chuck Schumer, and great candidates with grass-roots support, that won the election...
...spot in the ECAC that made mouths water this Thanksgiving weekend. And two Crimson rookies may have been the hungriest of all. Freshman defender Cori Bassett scored her first collegiate goal and assisted three other scores for Crimson (9-1-0, 9-1-0 ECAC) in a 6-1 triumph over Quinnipiac (4-11-0, 3-8-0) Friday night in Northford, Conn. Then in Saturday night’s matchup in Princeton, N.J., rookie netminder Christina Kessler recorded her first collegiate shut-out, as the Crimson secured a 5-0 win on the road and the top spot...
...embassy and the Marine base in Beirut, Reagan abruptly withdrew the soldiers and abandoned Gemayel. Syria forced Gemayel to abrogate his deal with Israel, and Hizballah, the Lebanese Shiite Muslim group founded by Iran, began a guerrilla war that eventually forced out the Israelis in 2000. That triumph that made Hizballah the most powerful faction in Lebanese politics, enabling it to trigger this summer's war with a cross-border raid into Israel and more recently threaten to topple Siniora's government...