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...Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, to reply to Rachman's column by saying that Europe was a "political dwarf in ... the rapidly changing geopolitical environment." There's an element of truth to the charge, but it goes too far. For one thing, it ignores the triumphant role of exemplar that the European Union has played in the last two decades. Yes, the pettifogging rules and endless bureaucratic wrangling of the E.U. may be easy to satirize - and when asked in referendums, Europeans repeatedly indicate that they do not want the E.U. to turn into a giant superstate...
Edwards, John •less-than-triumphant re-emergence...
...Crimson also boasts a critical core of senior leadership, perhaps none more exciting than Andrew Flanagan. The 2006 EIWA champion at 165 lbs has battled injuries for the past two seasons and has the opportunity to make a triumphant return as the conference’s fifth-ranked grappler in his final season...
After having the House and Senate wrested from its clutching hands in 2006, on Tuesday night, the GOP was forced to watch its control of the executive branch evaporate as well, as a triumphant Barack Obama stood before thousands of jubilant supporters in Grant Park and proclaimed that change had come...
Watching Barack Obama campaign the last few days of this election is a bit like watching the last five minutes of Chariots of Fire, on loop, or any other sports movie where the underdog winds up triumphant. One appreciates the scene more having seen the back story and the main character's struggles to get where he is. But even for those just tuning in, the scene is rousing: swooning crowds that number in the hundreds of thousands, a who's who of Democratic lions speaking on his behalf, soaring music, some of it played live by the rock stars...