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Others given victor's laurels included NATO, described by the London Observer as having "saved its reputation and credibility, gaining time to improve its effectiveness as a guarantor of peace"; and the new world order celebrated in Andrew Marr's column in the Observer , "What has happened is a decisive and perhaps terminal defeat for an older Europe, a place of tribal hatreds, double-headed eagles, flaming swords and obscure martyrs.
And yet, as a member of the Conservancy, you know that we can't rest on our laurels or relax and feel secure.
At 31, she has already had more ad hoc laurels lavished on her than many legends receive even posthumously.
The supreme self-made man, Bonaparte in 1804 became Emperor Napoleon at a coronation ceremony in which he audaciously took the crown of golden laurels from the pope and placed it on his own head.
More recently, a quality Sunday newspaper has run an advertisement for a nippy hatchback car under the caption A hardy performer wins its laurels.