It's not like after the Gulf War, a conventional war, where you have a ticker tape parade, and sometimes the measures of effectiveness are just the absence of acts by your opponent.

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Anything short of a ticker tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan is viewed as an abject failure in the eyes of the organization, the fans, the media and even the city of New York.

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He returned to New York to a ticker-tape parade - the first time for a classical musician.

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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a ticker-tape parade and ceremony for Tuesday.

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Some were upset that the New York Giants received a ticker-tape parade in New York city less than a week after they won the Super Bowl, but that there were no set plans for the Iraq war veterans.

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Although he received a New York ticker-tape parade, he was snubbed by President Roosevelt, and, because of his color, failed to attract the commercial sponsorship deals awarded to his fellow white athletes.

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After the war, he was featured in his desert fatigues on the cover of nearly every major American magazine, and he joined thousands of troops for a welcome-home ticker tape parade in New York City.

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