Word: triumphant
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...early September, Josef Ackermann delivered a triumphant message to an audience of investors and financial analysts in London: his aggressive plan to reshape Deutsche Bank was working. In chart after chart, he showed how in the 16 months since he'd taken over the €23 billion bank he had begun to dump unprofitable businesses and slash costs. His last slide was the usual boiler-plate disclaimer that said the presentation "involves inherent risks and uncertainties." It didn't mention the biggest risk of all: that Ackermann himself soon would end up in court, charged with a serious breach...
...Brian is discovering melodic things that have more feeling than just a bombardment of noise. But there is an overwhelming triumphant feeling. I feel like we are mainly joyful. Sometimes the joy gets like ‘What the hell is going on?’ But it’s just a happiness in what we are doing, a joy of playing,” Chippendale said...
...background, ever so faintly, Redd’s soft, triumphant giggle can be heard...
...It’s a triumphant day for Harvard contestants when both Redd and Gray make it into the top 15, and then the top ten. This means that both of them get to compete in swimsuit, the new “casual wear” competition and evening wear. Redd, clad in red-orange silk, is escorted by Sammy; Gray, in sparkly red, is on her father?...
...Rogers AT&T Cup in Toronto; and Maria Sharapova, 16, who hasn't won yet but may become the best of the bunch. Impoverished Russian kids copy these heroes the way teenagers elsewhere emulate David Beckham or Shaquille O'Neill, as TV and newspaper coverage bring the triumphant, affluent and socially important new stars into virtually every Russian home. Though 40% of the Russian population "cannot afford toothpaste," according to the Moscow daily Izvestia, everyone seems to be playing or watching tennis. They read that Kournikova is now worth at least $30 million. They hear of Sharapova, risen from poverty...