Word: triumphant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tories, who did not recognize this as a reference to the gasoline tax, were caught napping. The Speaker put the resolution to a voice vote, and the Laborites responded with a loud "aye." The Tories remained silent. "I think the ayes have it," said the Speaker. A roar of triumphant laughter burst from the Laborite benches. But the Laborites laughed too soon. Winston Churchill sat up sharply and whispered to Tory Whip Patrick Buchan-Hepburn. When the Speaker repeated the question Churchill and Buchan-Hepburn raised a loud Tory "no," and the Speaker called for a division of the House...
...Lady's Not for Burning, by Christopher Fry. A play in verse that tells in fresh, shining language of a witch hunt in 15th Century England and of two triumphant lovers. An uncommon combination of bright theater and fine reading (TIME, April...
...sickest limbs of a sick industry, but its territory was dotted with cities, from New York to Miami, and it was almost devoid of competition. When G.M. decided to sell it, three years later, he rounded up $3.5 million in 30 frantic days, and bought it with the triumphant air of a boy getting his first bicycle...
...Triumphant Hour (Sun. 2 p.m., NBCTV, 5 p.m., Du Mont, 9 p.m., Mutual). Guests: the Dionne quintuplets, Jimmy Durante, Pat O'Brien, Maureen O'Sullivan...
Ever since her triumphant revolutionaries rewrote the constitution in 1917, Mexico has been one of the easiest places in the civilized world in which to get a divorce. About all a man had to do was to walk into court, tell his troubles to the judge, pay the necessary fees and wait for a clerk to fill out his certificate...