It may, but the triumphalist mood in Addis Ababa gives small sign that it will.

ECONOMIST: Eritrea and Ethiopia at doubtful peace

As he briefed the media about today's agreement, Alex Salmond confided that he had been told by his advisers: do not look triumphalist.

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Sahfe's Shihab al-Din mosque was established as a triumphalist mosque adjacent to the Church of the Annunciation in the lead up to the millennium.

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The second triumphalist episode, in which the cross becomes a common object in Barbarian graves, is reflected in the exhibits in the final rooms.

ECONOMIST: Rome and the Barbarians

Some critics, while admiring its craftsmanship, compare it to triumphalist monuments once favoured by European countries when they had empires, and which proliferated in the Soviet Union.

ECONOMIST: Felix de Weldon

The writer-director team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck want to overturn the usual triumphalist sports narrative, but the elements of their counter-narrative are sketched in without any particular conviction or strength.

NEWYORKER: Sugar

Under, a veil of sophistication (made possible due to comparisons with the ruthless and thuggish Hugo Chavez) Lula's Brazil has become a negative force in the region (attracting Argentina and Uruguay, countries now run by two leaders who share Lula's triumphalist attitude).

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