Word: triumphalism
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Herod was of desert stock, an Idumean, traditionally pagan in the Jewish world. He became king of Judea principally through the intrigues of his father, Antipater, who had been active in fomenting civil war in Palestine in the hope of securing Roman intervention. At that time Pompey, on a triumphal march from Armenia back to Rome, stopped to add to his laurels by putting Judea under Roman domination, left Antipater the real power behind a dummy king. Herod was thus always the representative of Rome in a remote and hostile country, first won recognition when he cleaned out rebellious patriots...
Jumping into their cars, myriads of Dionne fans streaked for Callander, Ontario, last week, entered it beneath a triumphal arch, read strange signs, nosed around in vain for a peek at Joseph Robert Telesphore Dionne...
...passed a law last year requiring courses in co operation in colleges, high schools and normal schools. That old Boston cooperator, Edward A. Filene, recently gave $1,000,000 to assist the establishment of co-op department stores. Japan's No. 1 Christian, Cooperator Toyohiko Kagawa, completed a triumphal tour of the U. S. a fortnight ago, preaching the gospel of co-operation to hundreds of thousands of rapt churchmen (TIME, July 6). The Kansas City Star was already warning the country that a co-operative system would be the "next New Deal rabbit to be pulled from...
...smacks Corporal Mussolini, who has never had himself promoted above his actual War grade, patted Marshal Badoglio affectionately on the back, presented a bouquet to the Marshal's wife, affably greeted their daughter. Later Emperor Vittorio Emanuele and Marshal Badoglio reviewed troops amid deafening plaudits near the Triumphal Arch of Constantine. Once home, the Viceroy of Ethiopia confided with an old soldier's simple candor the main reason why he did in fact return to Rome last week...
What was expected to be a triumphal march in the I.C.A.A.A.A. Meet in Philadelphia today and tomorrow may turn out to be little more than a funeral procession if Milt Green's leg injury turns out to be as bad as it is feared. He will be all set for the broad jump but whether or not he will be able to attempt the barriers is another question that will be decided only at the last minute...