Word: triumphant
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...backup customer data. Alsbury was able to drop a disc into an unattended, logged-on computer: a Trojan Horse virus could then download itself and allow him to hack the credit union's system. "There was nothing more we could have done," says Stickley laughing, when the pair returns triumphant to the parking lot. "We owned that place...
...there was ever a good time for George W. Bush to leave home for a spell, it was right after the mid-term elections, when Capitol Hill was aswarm with triumphant Democrats. He spent two weeks abroad, separated by a brief Thanksgiving interlude at Camp David. Air Force One, the Boeing 747 that has its own medical facility, among other amenities, circled the globe twice, serving Swiss burgers and taco salad, with snicker-doodles for dessert. On the ground in Amman, the White House staff did grapple with local dishes like chicken frekah and homemade knafeh. The President and First...
Although the West, and most notably Europe, may be less Christian today, Muslims still view it as the Christian West. For a thousand years, from the days of Muhammad in the 7th century, Islam enjoyed a run of triumphant conquest, interrupted only momentarily by the Christian Crusades. The time of conquest lasted until the failed siege of Vienna in 1683. After Vienna, and most dramatically under 19th and 20th century Western colonialism, Islam was sidelined from history--one of the main sources of the rage and resentment of today's jihadists...
...even without such obvious post-election displays of triumphant or defeated feelings, it usually isn’t hard to identify what political party a given person is affiliated with. Race, religious practice, and sexual orientation are just a few of the qualities that can often be depended upon to give away one’s voting patterns. For example, according to a study conducted by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, in the 2000 presidential election, 90 percent of black voters supported Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic candidate. Four years later, black voters hadn?...
Ivory Tower made its triumphant return last Thursday night, as students descended upon Boylston Hall’s Fong Auditorium to watch perhaps the least Harvardy form of entertainment—the soap opera. Harvard’s only soap premiered its fourth season to a gleeful crowd, marked by enthusiastic hugs at the door, wild mwahhing across the auditorium, and a palpable oozing of excitement. Kristina R. Yee ’10, had “been anticipating the premiere all week!”—and came prepared with Tealuxe, Terra chips, and Sour Patch Kids...