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The Independent said that "travelling around the world by balloon does not herald any wonderful technological breakthrough to benefit humankind," and the Sunday Telegraph of London gloated over entrepreneur Richard Branson's failure to achieve this ballooning record after four attempts.
The media initially gloated over the news, on the grounds that the tobacco companies were offering unprecedented concessions.
Democrats gloated over the findings, and President Clinton threatened to veto the measure.
Conservatives gloated over the feminist's hypocrisy on sexual harassment, the movement's sacred cow.
"The Wicked Witch is dead, baby," gloated Michael Wilbon of the Washington Post . Established teams are now complaining that the expansion teams' success proves they were given too many picks in the college and expansion drafts.