Word: triumphant
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...seems a gross mockery of itself. It’s almost like the Lampoon suddenly got funny and did a parody of Glamour just in time for summer. To begin with, the cover is a dizzying mix of colors that should not be paired, even if it is the triumphant return of everyone’s favorite season. Calista Flockhart (who is dating Harrison Ford…yes, this is a strange world) is adorning the cover. Her tan-in-a-bottle is, of course, flawless. Her two-page interview mentions her weight (“89 pounds dripping wet?...
Huck, a three-year-old English springer spaniel, made a triumphant return to his Winthrop House home yesterday afternoon after a day he will not soon forget...
...choices. Unlike the female leads in Disney’s earlier features, Mulan’s physical being is expressed through training and battle, not in low cut tops and thigh-baring miniskirts. Though some will grumble that the film’s conclusion undercuts its empowering message (the triumphant heroine returns home for marriage and traditional filial piety), Mulan nevertheless represents a clear break from the Snow White archetype of a helpless, male-dependent maiden in distress...
...first bombs struck the party; the assault lasted six hours. The next day, a team of special forces arrived in Qila-Niazi to inspect what was thought to have been a triumphant blow against Osama bin Laden's network. Instead it found the remains of the party. Out of 112 people, two women had survived. "When the U.S. soldiers saw the destruction, they were very sad," says Assaullah Falah, a tribal elder, as he leads a reporter through the wreckage...
...Rather old, astonishingly young, man, woman, boy, girl, in all ethnic variety: The American Olympian who turned the Salt Lake Games into precisely the triumphant and joyous moment needed by this bruised country was marvelous to behold. Two weeks ago there was no predicting that a cauldron supporting a flame represented the melting pot. On Sunday that flame was extinguished, but the spirit of what was accomplished in its realm lives on. The Winter Olympics, once the domain of elites representing ski, skate and toboggan clubs, has been changed forever. What a glorious thing these new Games are. They...