"Lincoln was elected on a tide of military success," said James M. McPherson, the Civil War historian.
I remember feeling this as a boy in 1940, when Britain was in danger of being drowned in the rapidly advancing tide of Nazi military success.
But in the face of a rising tide of criticism, his success is not assured.
He was not trusted by Roman Catholics either, however, and was unable to stem the tide of the Parliamentary successes.
"Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern Art," at MOMA, revisits the high tide of the artist's American success.
WASHINGTON — Perhaps more than any other American, Gerald W. McEntee has surfed the rising tide of public sector unions to success and power.
November 13 2011 May 14 201212 The exhibition revisits the high tide of the artist's American success and reunites five of the eight frescoes that Rivera created on portable supports of steel-braced cement, in 1931, for what was the museum's second solo exhibition, the first having been devoted to Matisse.
In 1576, Stefan Batory became King of Poland as well as Grand Duke of Lithuania and turned the tide of the war with his successes between 1578 and 1581, including the joint Swedish Polish Lithuanian offensive at the Battle of Wenden.
And she was on Broadway back when Broadway was really Broadway – Sweet Smell of Success, huge audiences, flashbulb openings, the high tide of the American stage musical.
And, of course, both artists and writers are survivors, riding the inevitable tides of rejection and success.
