Meanwhile, continued support in the White House – and continued victories – are no sure thing.
A young North Korean male guide told me passionately: "We hold our Great Leaders in esteem so that we can survive and can continue victory against the American imperialists.
Speaking at a Team GB press conference as she continued a victory tour of the television studios, Ennis said: "I think obviously I was really aware of all the pressure and what people were expecting me to do.
The next minute she was holding an impromptu news conference, declaring victory in a continuing investigation into pedophiles on the Internet.
In parts of the Ironbound, where Brazilians are a growing minority in a neighborhood composed largely of immigrants from Spain and Portugal, France's 3-to-0 shutout played as a sweet if temporary victory in a continuing turf rivalry.
Microsoft has won another victory in a continuing and complex patent dispute with Google.
With five vehemently conservative judges nominated by Republican presidents at the helm (reduced to four last week with the departure of arch-reactionary Judge David Sentelle, who is taking senior status), lording over three judges nominated by President Clinton, the D.C. Circuit has been a continuing source of right-wing victory on fundamental questions of governance.
Newcastle's remarkable reversal in fortunes continued with victory over QPR, a fifth successive win that puts them fifth in the Premier League.
Bush continued seeing victory, winning many Southern primaries as well.
This year, however, Lamar arrived as the Grammys' latest darling, racking up seven nominations (including best new artist and album of the year) in a headlining slot with Black Hippy cohorts Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul that continued a yearlong victory lap.
The mystique continued with victories in European races as well as a solo trans-Pacific crossing in 1969.
