1.   It was not a triumphant homecoming.

2.   Linda Eder made a triumphant homecoming Monday night with a vibrant and enthusiastically received concert at the Aerial Theater.

3.   The initially triumphant homecoming of a Japanese who had made good in the West turned into a disaster that is generally referred to here as the NHK Incident.

4.   A day after his triumphant homecoming, Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin on Tuesday held out the possibility of a cease-fire with Israel that would end suicide bombings.

5.   The first woman pilot in the U.S. space program canceled what was to be a triumphant homecoming after someone called the local newspaper and threatened to kill her.

6.   The first woman pilot in the U.S. space program canceled what was to be a triumphant homecoming Monday after someone called the local newspaper and threatened to kill her.

7.   Huge crowds poured to the border to salute PLO chairman Arafat on a triumphant homecoming as Palestinian police launched a giant security operation in cooperation with Israeli forces.

8.   Arafat gave a thunderous speech on Friday shortly after his triumphant homecoming and followed that up with another address on Saturday in the Jabalia refugee camp.

9.   Two songs specially written in her honour by Irish composers -- The Princess of the Tide and Michelle is Magic -- will greet her triumphant homecoming.