1.   The banning of the ordeal symbolized a triumph for rational argument over the old magical formulas.

2.   For some soldiers, the evacuation of Yamit, while painful, symbolized the triumph of democracy and of the peace process.

3.   The names Salk and Sabin came to symbolize triumph, the end of a national scare.

4.   The blasts occurred as millions of Hindus across the country were celebrating Ram Navami, a festival symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.

5.   The festival symbolizes the triumph of good over evil after a mythological war.