Word: triumphed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Observers recalled that Senator Doumer's recent failure to form a Cabinet (TIME, Dec. 7) was cleverly exploited by M. Briand to make his own triumph the greater when he succeeded. One Frenchman said to another, "What if it were all a put up job: a deal whereby Doumer, who has the Senate solidly behind him, should succeed the brilliant but unpopular Loucheur, and slide necessary tax measures of a less drastic nature through the Chamber...
...year for the first and only time since the War, and the cost of living fell and the franc rallied notably. Subsequently M. Briand lost power and prestige owing to his failure to achieve at Cannes the "security" which he has just brought home in triumph from Locarno...
Well pleased at this rhetorical flourish, Lady Astor descended from the platform prepared to make her exit from the hall in quiet triumph. Instead, unemployed males surged about her car, demanding that she fulfill her pledge-valiantly attempting to call the Rt. Hon. Lady's bluff. Upon reaching home, the harassed Viscountess was "deluged with letters...
...luggage, as he departed from London after signing the Locarno Treaties (see INTERNATIONAL), nestled a silver loving cup, the gift of Sir Austen Chamberlain. Engraved upon it were the words, A mon ami, Aristide Briand. Souvenir de Locarno. With a sigh, M. Briand quitted the scene of his greatest triumph; rushed home to Paris where his newly formed Government (TIME, Dec. 7) has none too many friends. Within a few short hours he was engaged in fighting what he himself described as the most desperate battle of his political career...
...French press, observers noted, took a dour view of M. Briand's personal triumph which must be backed up by supplementary legislation. Le Journal des Débats said: "What next? These measures will only suffice for three months or less. Shall we advance along the road of cumulative inflation which leads to catastrophe...