Word: triumphalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...argued that the only way to heal the fractures is by challenging the "white, male, triumphal" view of the history of America and to take seriously into account the perspectives of Latinos, Asian-Americans and Native Americans, among other ethnicities...
...essentially the story of Letterman's victory: how he outsmarted the network suits and became the most sought-after personality in television. The movie, even more than the book, pokes fun at the ineptitude of the NBC executives who let Letterman get away and ends with CBS's triumphal press conference welcoming Dave to the network. There's a postscript acknowledging that the ratings have since turned around, but the movie's take seems dated. After all, those NBC executives may be weasels, but who has the last laugh...
...while Bob considered skipping his son's inauguration as Speaker; Why go, when he could watch it on TV? When he did turn up for Newt's triumphal speech, the crowd in the House chamber rose again and again to its feet--while Bob stayed clamped in his seat, chin in hand. "After the third standing ovation," Bob Gingrich said later, "it gets a little...
...Borromeo Quartet, Boston's young bid for chamber music superiority, gave a triumphal and absolutely unpretentious performance at the Isabelle Stewart Gardener Museum on Sunday...
...game was one that Princeton sorely needed to win. It hadn't tasted victory since December 23, losing twice and tying twice. And when the Tigers had accomplished what they needed to do, they let out all the frustration from the past with a triumphal cheer in their locker room...