This was not a triumph for the formal bill scrutiny process - where the imperative was, in the decorative whips phrase repeated by Tory GP turned MP Sarah Wollaston, to "repel borders" rather than to polish up the legislation.

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Mr Bush's appearance in Little Haiti this week was a triumph of his listening offensive.

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This budget was, as usual, a triumph of short-termism, in which politicians on both sides proclaimed their disciplined determination to reach budget balance by 2002, only to let the figures rip thereafter.

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Behrman went a long way toward persuading the public that this triumph was due entirely to Duveen's enthusiasm and legendary capacity for hard work.

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As the architect of this triumph, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, they said, was a second Dutugemunu, a Sinhalese king of the second century BC who slew an Indian Tamil invader from his war-elephant, Kandula.

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This triumph of consumerism was not inevitable, says Gary Cross, a professor of history at Penn State University.

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Despite unprecedented popularity from this military and diplomatic triumph, Bush was unable to withstand discontent at home from a faltering economy, rising violence in inner cities, and continued high deficit spending.

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This week a rare triumph the passing of the new constitution was balanced by the 2, 000th American death in the conflict.

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Sources close to the first minister are hailing the decision as a triumph, pointing out that the solution which has now been adopted was proposed in May this year by Alex Salmond in meetings with Chancellor George Osborne and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne in London.

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