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Henríques consolidated his position by defeating the Moors at the Battle of Ourique in 1139, and celebrated by naming himself the first king of Portugal.
For the first time in the 300-year history of sumo, a foreigner became grand champion by defeating another foreigner.
"At a time when Americans are growing increasingly cynical about public service and increasingly disillusioned about their political leaders," McCain charged Saturday, "I was disappointed to see my fellow Republicans' reaction to recent comments and writings by Pat Buchanan concerning our nation's role in defeating Nazi Germany.
Those achievements, it seems to me, will have progressively worn down humanity's evidently desperate determination to close its eyes to the prospect of defeating its foremost remaining scourge anytime soon.
If Jarrah did know that the passengers were making calls, it might not have occurred to him that they were certain to learn what had happened in New York, thereby defeating his attempts at deception.