Word: triumphant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with Manrico, her foster-son and the instrument of her revenge against the aristocratic Di Luna family. The ballet, like the opera, ended in a flood of blood, with Azucena, Manrico and his sweetheart dying and the wicked Count di Luna going mad. The curtain came down with Azucena triumphant in her revenge-and, by proxy, Ruth Page triumphant in hers. The work got twelve curtain calls...
...hungover to care any more. "We've done a good job here, and it's hard to leave," said one, "but few people have ever been called upon to put up with such intolerable conditions. It's a good thing we're going." The triumphant Iranians were careful not to delay their departure by a single minute. Not a suitcase was opened during the inspection and passports were merely glanced...
...shofar of joy and hope sang in the ears of Israel its hoarse, triumphant...
...year ago, Luisa María wrote to Pretender Don Juan, urging him to land on the sea coast of northwestern Spain and march on Madrid: "My Lord, Napoleon's march from Antibes to Paris will look like a Boy Scout parade compared to your triumphant and bloodless march through Spain . . . Not one person will stand in your way. My Lord, your moment has come. Spain is waiting . . ." Even the country's most ardent male monarchists were appalled. Said one: "Luckily it was a letter and not a plea supported by her presence and personality that reached...
Gabin is excellent as the man-about-town who becomes slowly aware that he is sinking into matrimonial quicksand. Nicole Courcel is completely convincing as the triumphant barmaid. Producer-Director Marcel (Children of Paradise) Carne paces the slight story, from one of Simenon's short novels, a little too slowly, but with a neat blending of decorative scenery and indecorous...