Bulstrode was vindicated from any resemblance to her husband.
Still, Michael Froman, the US trade representative, said it vindicated American claims that its aerospace industry had been wrongly harmed by government support for Airbus.
Finally, Ms Liu, credited as the brains behind Didi's ability to raise money and burn it at a jaw-dropping pace, was vindicated this week, as Didi vanquished Uber in a war of nerves (and cash).
With La Liste, he feels vindicated.
The experience of 1991, when India ran out of money, has left the central bank prone to caution--an approach it felt was vindicated by the East Asian crisis of 1997-98.