Obama gained nothing in the polls during his nearly flawless, arguably triumphant grand tour.
In fact, the fan vote was triumphant in nearly all categories, except a handful where the Sad Puppy bloc vote forced work of such poor quality onto the ballot that fans were left no choice but to nominate "no award" instead.
His dismal performance on several fronts – the fight over water with neighbouring Turkey and the dispute over Kuwait's Mubarak al-Kabir Port - was compared with that of Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was seen as triumphant after nearly two years of long and difficult negotiations.
First shown in 2012, nearly 30 years after her triumphant debut novel, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns with Alan Yentob to the scenes of her extraordinary childhood in Lancashire.
That kind of history practically demanded Washington begin his set with "Change of the Guard," the tone-setting opener of "The Epic". Whether by design or collective adrenaline, the driving track accelerated with a nearly double-time pace around triumphant brass, rollicking keyboard and a swirling, science fiction sweep shared by the band's backing orchestra and choir.
Some were turned away, but after nearly 10 hours, Ms. Barschdorff emerged triumphant.
Wilson's book chronicles how Elizabeth went from imprisonment in the Tower of London (confined there by her half sister and queen, Mary) to a triumphant reign that spanned nearly a half-century.
Now he illuminates the central figures and great adventures of another tumultuous period, chronicling how Elizabeth went from imprisonment in the Tower of London to a triumphant reign that spanned nearly a half-century.
What happens to Auggie over the course of Chbosky's nearly two-hour film is both troubling and triumphant.
Triumphant tremors overtake these limbs; clerk gasps, nearly expired.
