Word: triumphed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Significance. As literature, Mr. Hughes' story is, regrettably, not pure gold. But as a cracking good yarn strung on historical data, it deserves mention. In its pages are fascinating glimpses of early American history, revitalized. Days of the sprawling growth of the bristly, sturdy little Nation, days of triumph for Washington, of jealousy between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, ended so tragically on the bluffs at Weehawken, days of wickedness and glamour in the dazzling French Court, days of snobbery and naivete in awkward little New York, days of the fizzing of "the waters" at Saratoga and the journeys...
...matter what happens to me, the cause of progress, of democracy, is going to triumph. But nothing is going to happen to me. I am a tough citizen, as our Republican and Democratic opponents will find me. If you stand fast in this convention, my friends, they can't beat us from now to Doomsday...
Then came the Eli disaster on Saturday, May 24. Ingraham and Captain Pfaffmann won their singles and doubles matches. In every other match, Yale was victorious. The biggest surprise of the afternoon was Ingraham's triumph over Captain Arnold Jones. After losing the first set, he easily pulled through with the last...
...comparison of scores is interesting not only in the light that it throws on today's encounter, but also because of the Yale series. A 2 to 1 score marked the triumph of the Elis recently in a pitchers' duel. If the Green should win this afternoon, the entire aspect of the Yale series will be affected...
...pronounce the outcome a failure of the Administration is to falsify the fact. It was a triumph over inexpertness, maladroitness and mischievousness, in sound principle and in straightforward diplomacy, for Calvin Coolidge...