This French import, stripped of its original soundtrack and rewritten and revoiced entirely by Emma Thompson's dad, Eric, became one of the accidental triumphs of homegrown English Surrealism, a candy-coloured universe that fairly screamed tangerine trees and marmalade skies, with sets made entirely of cellophane flowers (and such toothsome lines as "she said, acidly... ..)... ..
In a war between the Ottomans and the Habsburgs that began in 1593, the Austrians were able to take much of central Hungary and Romania, and only an accidental Ottoman triumph in 1596 enabled the sultan to recoup.
He seems genuinely sympathetic to Modernism's original goal of providing a better way of life for all; concedes the manner in which that goal has been ambushed by the likes of racism, budget limitations or narrow political agendas; and grants Modernist public housing its triumphs, however accidental, as in the mix of high-rise and low-rise building that has come to pass in East Harlem.
The "Open" video has been minor viral hit and has done much — along with the "mystery band" marketing triumph that Mr. Milosh and Mr. Hannibal insist was accidental — to whet appetites for "Woman".
Though poisoning with mercury was known, accidental poisoning by mercury vapor was rare and the incident on the Triumph is unique in the history of toxicology.
Unfortunately, the "Green movement" that promised to finally end the clash of civilisations and usher in the cosmic triumph of liberal democracy may never have been more than an accidental convergence of forces.
Even to those who had been confident of the eventual triumph of the West, the fall of the Berlin Wall was surprisingly accidental.
They smiled a shrugging smile, both thinking of vain Ralph de Courcy whose triumph seemed hollow now, robbed by time of its drama& the confusions of accidental cruelty.
This won no headlines or applause, yet it was a triumph for the health and welfare of 60 million Chinese women with IUD's, and the decline in accidental pregnancies has also meant about 20 million fewer abortions over the last 10 years.
Triumph followed triumph.
