Word: triumphalism
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...Sadat gambled his political future on the belief that he could enlist American support in working out a lasting settlement with the Israelis. Because the 48½-hour visit of the presidential party had such great symbolic value for the Egyptians, it was carefully conceived and staged like a triumphal pageant, an exercise in diplomatic theater...
...same time, Nixon seized the welcome opportunity to escape from Watergate into the world. He announced with understandable satisfaction Henry Kissinger's diplomatic coup in the Middle East. The President planned to capitalize on this major achievement by preparing a grand triumphal tour of the Middle East, probably beginning next week, to be followed by another trip to Moscow. While the Middle East tour is unnecessary in any practical sense, it would dramatize America's reviving leadership in an area where it had long been losing ground...
...January of last year, still flushed with the thrill of stage-managing Richard Nixon's triumphal second Inauguration, Jeb Stuart Magruder had to take care of what he hoped was one last nuisance left over from the previous year. Putting a handsome, confident face on whatever anxiety he may have felt, he appeared in Judge John Sirica's Washington courtroom and testified falsely as a witness for the prosecution at the trial of the Watergate burglars. Shortly afterward, he hopped a plane to California to explore launching his own elective career for secretary of state...
...home-and his wedding (see THE NATION)-he was visibly worried over the diplomatic crevasses that had appeared in place of diplomatic bridges. For Nixon, who counts on strong accomplishments abroad to offset political problems at home, the results could only be disheartening. What was to have been a triumphal presidential trip to a Moscow summit in June to sign a SALT II agreement may now turn into a slugfest to reach any kind of agreement...
When he first ruled Argentina, Juan Perón doted on Latin pomp and dictatorial ceremony. Thus it might have been expected that his inauguration as President last week, after nearly 18 years of exile, would be celebrated with triumphal parades and week-long fiestas. Instead, Peron, 78, and his Vice President, Wife Isabelita, 42, took office with military efficiency-and security...