They recall, often with burning hindsight, numerous disasters and an occasional triumph.

There was the occasional triumph.

In its occasional triumphs and desultory character, it is a creature of the culture it supports.

The signature is so immediate, and the effects so interchangeable and chilling, that we tend not to make distinctions between stories and writers, and to overlook occasional triumphs of the style.

Far from being "bland," the narratives are gripping and dramatic, with story after story of suffering --and occasional triumph - over unspeakable conditions both during slavery and Reconstruction.

But despite its occasional triumphs, the flying car has been stalled by questions of cost, engineering and practicality.

Most intriguing is Mr. Rauch's hint that the occasional triumphs of the collective good over individual interests in politics could be systematically duplicated.

Getting By is the Goal In the meantime, life in the colonias goes on with a mixture of pain, struggle and occasional triumph.

The occasional triumph of a Dennis Potter and a "Singing Detective" is rare.

They have presented the world enduring evidence of fading amateurism, rampant commercialism, a new political order, questionable sportsmanship and the occasional triumph of the human spirit.