For some of its defenders, abortion is also clearly a symbol of one of the earliest and most decisive triumphs of the women's liberation movement.

Mr. Bush, meanwhile, scored decisive triumphs over Patrick Buchanan, who failed to achieve the one-third of the vote to which he had grown accustomed.

In fact, the story under the headline was about a baseball game, Cincinnati's decisive triumph the previous day over a rival St. Louis team.

The biggest unanswered question after the allies' stunningly decisive triumph in the Persian Gulf war is, Will they have to fight Saddam Hussein again?

It was also the third decisive triumph by the Huskies over a league opponent, following 24- and 23-point margins against Villanova and Georgetown.

But last week, on the eve of marches celebrating the decisive Protestant triumph, sanity prevailed.

No doubt Cordelia's ministry could turn that into a decisive triumph, but how much better if it could win an offensive victory.

The city entered a period of accelerated growth following its decisive triumph in the 1850 election to determine the site of the state capital for the next twenty years.

Whatever their hopes, this fact remains: A new, often demagogic populist right has won a decisive triumph that cannot be conjured away.

Campbell County, which raised $10,000 to send 14 runners and its coach from Gillette, Wyo., scored 89 points for a decisive triumph.