Word: triumphant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With all the strength that was in her proud soul, with all the ingenuity of a mother championing the dignity of her dead son, Alexandra tried to prevent the match between Georgie and May. But how could she succeed when against her were arrayed triumphant Obstinacy, personified by Queen Victoria, and triumphant Cynicism in the person of Alexandra's own husband, later Edward VII? It is reported on excellent authority that the Great Cynic laughed at his wife: "You are a sentimentalist, Alix, I am glad May is not. One in the family is enough...
Clearly, since neither of Otto Schultzenstein's wives had sought to invalidate either marriage, the German court could do only what it did, namely dismiss Otto Schultzenstein as a guiltless and triumphant bigamist...
Agitation for an intercollegiate boxing team at Harvard was brought to a triumphant close yesterday when the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic sports voted to elevate the manly art to the ranking of a minor sport. L. J. Conley will continue to act as coach...
Last week in the law offices behind this sign was a hustle-and-bustle indicative of a prime event. Clerks scuttled across thick-rugged floors in more-than-ordinary haste. Lawyers swung in and out of doorways bearing armfuls of documents. Typists rattled their keys with a triumphant staccato. In a high-ceiled inner room overlooking Trinity Church's grimy spire, an elderly man with thin white hair, a well-trimmed white beard parted in the middle, good solid shoulders and a small paunch, sat bolt upright in a stiff high-backed chair. The pivot of all the commotion...
...burnished horns. Certain pastors joined in a dramatic exhibition entitled "Who Killed Earl Wright?" in which the deplorable results of bootlegging and alcoholism were made manifest. The theatrical climax of the week occurred when 1,200 Columbus churchmembers acted for four nights in a luxurious pageant called "The Church Triumphant," conceived by Helen L. Willcox of Pasadena. Its prelude, six episodes and finale showed scenes of various religious significance, including the dedication of Constantinople by the Emperor Constantine (George L. Behrens of Columbus) and a modern rural picnic. The whole symbolized the value of church unity...