Word: triumphant
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...Visions of a triumphant return for Allawi, however, are far-fetched. Allawi, who now spends most of his time outside Iraq, has hired the D.C.-based Republican lobbying firm Barbour Griffith & Rogers to help make his case. Some of his new advisers are former members of the Bush Administration, including Robert Blackwill, a former deputy national security adviser, who was involved in putting together the interim government that Allawi headed...
...slimness of a needle with the layered look of a wedding cake. It aspires to be very 21st century, with its sleek, mirror-sided height, while also paying homage to traditional Dubai culture through its elegant curvature inspired by Arabic writing. Above all, though, it is intended as a triumphant statement - to Arabia and beyond - of Dubai's towering ambitions. While the Burj Dubai's ultimate height is a closely guarded secret, Sang says it will go "at least" to 2,300 ft. (700 m) - and higher, apparently, if any competitor is crazy enough...
...story bears a remarkable similarity to one frequently told by Al Gore. In Gore's tale - the version below is from a September 8, 1999 address to the American Legion (full disclosure: neither of us remembers working on the speech, but we remember the story] - there was no triumphant Albright returning to her homeland, just a man from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, visiting his Senator...
...firing slows, and Hassan strides into the courtyard triumphant. "Good news," she announces. "Our boys stole four guns from the rangers." The atmosphere is electric. Aman's headscarf and robe are dripping with water. I realize that the head-to-toe shrouds serve another purpose: sopping wet, they provide excellent protection against tear gas. Aman's eyes, though bloodshot, are exultant. "We are students, not fighters, but if the government pushes us to fight, so be it," she says. "God will give us the power to win." I ask if she is afraid. "We are not frightened," she says...
...firing slows, and Hassan strides into the courtyard triumphant. "Good news," she says. "Our boys stole four guns from the rangers." The atmosphere is electric. Aman eventually finds me. She wants to go back out to help her comrades. I realize that the head-to-toe shrouds serve another purpose: sopping wet, they provide excellent protection against tear gas. Aman's eyes, though bloodshot, are exultant. "We are never afraid," she says. "One day all lives will end, and if this is the case, then why not give our life to Islam?" The battle lasts six hours and claims...