My one moment of triumph came toward the end of the class during a game of "Yes, And," the most fundamental technique in improv comedy.
A different choice, with more emphasis on physics and mathematics, would have tilted the balance more toward triumph.
At Lollapalooza she appeared obsessed, and almost bitterly petty, in making her victory lap, delivering a message somewhere between fist-clenching triumph and rage toward anyone who didn't see her as a game-changing star from Day 1.
How to live in a tragic milieu and yet strive toward triumph — for while perfection may not be possible, progress is — was a consuming concern for the founders, who, led by James Madison, made a virtue of creating competing centers of power within the constitutional structure.
Even Walt Whitman, whose vision of democracy is a vision of embodied, sexualized love and a triumph of compassion toward people in the commonest of situations, thought of all-encompassing nature as a grand unity, immortal and therefore subversive to human sadness.
Saviours, the Saoshyants, would work toward the triumph of virtue and the spreading of heavenly light over all creation.
By one measure, they were the ones that explored themes of personal triumph and good will toward others.
If the dynamic that produced the S.N.P.'s triumph continues, it points toward the eventual breakup of the union or, at the least, a federalization of the United Kingdom.
"She is excited to get back on the campaign trail and to move forward toward a triumph over Barbara Boxer next Tuesday".
If the dynamic that produced the S.N.P.'s triumph continues, it points toward the eventual breakup of the union or, at the least, a federalization of the United Kingdom.
