Word: triumphale
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...Lords should find no further roadblocks to the swift and triumphal entry of the ladies of the realm. After a protracted, but a generally decorous debate, the peers recognized that women, after all, are here to stay. This too is in line with recent University policy. The ladies, if not a good thing, are at least necessary commodities...
...influence of foreigners," said Nasser in a brief speech. Orated Kuwatly: "A great day in the history of the Arabs, and a turning point in world events." For hours the greatest throngs in Cairo's history whooped it up as the Presidents rode through the streets, under triumphal arches decked in Syrian and Egyptian flags...
Rival politicians were glum at this triumphal progress. Krishna Menon was problem enough when he had only the ear of Nehru; now that he has discovered the knack of getting India's ear as well, he may become a power threat in the Congress Party's annual convention next week in Assam...
...Marian Anderson, a stout and stately 55, took a relaxed look at this week's film digest of her 40,000-mile triumphal sing-swing through Asia earlier this year and said: "It has the look of having been made with love." So it had. The Lady from Philadelphia faithfully recorded the rich, heart-stirring artistry of the Negro woman who began as a Philadelphia choir singer; at the same time it illustrated how sharper than a diplomat's wile can be the sweet song of a woman of great talent and simple dignity. Contralto Anderson acknowledged...
...gleaming, Santa Claus countenance of West Germany's roly-poly Economic Minister Ludwig Erhard darkened with fury. No more than four days after the triumphal end of an election campaign in which he made 86 speeches promising no price increases if voters stuck with Adenauer and free enterprise, the big Ruhr coal-mine managers' association had announced a stiff, $1-a-ton price boost. Berating the coal barons for "stupidity" that reflected "the political instinct of horses," Erhard told off 250 of them at an emergency meeting in Essen: "This has hit like a bomb. You have abused...