Sentences with phrase «after early defeats»

Andy (Steve Carell) is indeed 40 and a virgin, after early defeats in the gender wars turned him into a non-combatant.

Not exact matches

The government seemed aware that, after overthrowing the Taliban government, we should not leave Afghanistan in the lurch, as we had earlier when we helped engineer the defeat of the Soviets there.

In an earlier book, What Went Wrong, published shortly after September 11, 2001, Bernard Lewis outlined the gradual triumph of Western science, technology, ways of making war, learning, and culture over Islam since the naval battle of Lepanto in 1571, when the Christian league decisively defeated the Turks.

The fact that the early Christians survived 40 years after Jesus» death and were already considering St. Paul's work appealing not just to Jews but to gentiles, and the fact they were doing that when the Jews were defeated and Jerusalem was destroyed meant that they separated from the Jewish religion abruptly, and meant that the religion had a life outside Judaism.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

They own the head to head tiebreaker with Team Widen after defeating them earlier in the Regular Season and, thus, the # 1 Seed and BYE to the Semi-Finals are all theirs... They really have been the most impressive Team all season long as the family Kowalczyk has proven to be an unstoppable force on the Offensive end.

The winger was pictured swigging from a bottle of Jack Daniels outside Faces nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning, just over 24 hours after his side had defeated Bolton 2 - 0 — Pennant wasn't even on the bench.

Losing Brown early would spell trouble for the Steelers as they work to defeat their second division rival in as many weeks after narrowly edging the Cleveland Browns in Week 1, 30 - 27.

Norwich, meanwhile, bounced back from an opening day defeat at Wolves with two successive home defeats to put them amongst the early pacesetters, although Adams will be without Leroy Fer after the Dutch midfielder was sold to Queens Park Rangers this week.

Then after Stoke, we play Chelsea... still early to talk about that game at the Emirates but i really want to defeat Chelsea.

After Oklahoma defeated Ohio State in Columbus earlier this season, he celebrated the big win by running around the field with Oklahoma's flag.

While Arsenal fans were reacting in our usual calm and understated manner (ahem) after the Gunners early horror show at the Emirates saw us slip to defeat against Premier League strugglers Watford, not everyone was as quick as most Gooners to give up on Arsenal challenging for the EPL title.

I know after watching him go on a tear this year and receiving player of the month honors in March, all while coming back earlier than expected from a broken foot and one of the big reasons we defeated teams on the March to the FA cup he certainly more than anyone should raise his game this year.

To be fair that defeat at White Hart Lane was coming, they dominated us there last season as well but we were lucky then to hold them off after Rosicky's early strike.

The Warriors were listed as the early favorite to take home the Larry O'Brien Trophy, but they dropped from +150 to +250 after being defeated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals.

Arsenal defeated City 0 - 3 at the Etihad few seasons ago with Nicklas Bendtner the architect of that win and likewise last season the Gunners held City to a 2 - 2 draw at the Etihad after claiming a 2 - 1 win at the Emirates earlier on when Yaya Toure got a brilliant consolation which left Petr Cech dead.

The three heavy setbacks I mentioned earlier put a lot of pressure on Wenger and the team but every time they responded well, beating Monaco in France, taking 10 points from a possible 12 after the West Ham loss and winning the next three games after the Saints defeat.

Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi has revealed how Arsene Wenger and the club's players turned their fortunes around after a 4 - 0 defeat to Liverpool earlier in the season.

The La Liga giants already booked their spot in the next round of the competition, but after Bayern Munich fell to a shock defeat against FC Rostov earlier today, Atletico knew that they would win the group with a point.

Walking out on a cup final early is poor saying the things after is poor we have had the most consistancy of any pl club for 20 years it goes bad we lose and we show no honor in defeat i never mentioned wenger i mentioned the lack of support in a cup final was sad and by walking out it showed we've been spoiled city did nt leave the semi early last year when we beat em they did nt leave early wehen they lost in league one and i cant stand city im arsenal through and through we won a cup last year and the year before were in another cup final and tempemental fans leave early even though it takes alot to get to a cup final maybe you need to lose more to lose respectable its hard it sucks but its a cup final bigger than the management our opinions for a day its about how you show you solidarity as a club win or lose every other club in england would of taken our spot in a heartbeat if they could of and we lea e early that shows spoilage and it was embarrassing to see we need to be stronger as supporters newcastle does nt like ashley yet they still show up and when was the last time they won a cup?

Meanwhile, Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 15 games and go into this weekends clash in high spirits after coming from two goals down to defeat Ludogorets in the Champions league earlier this week.

Whether it's another loss on the way to a record setting defeated 0 - 16 season, Ndamukong Suh stomping on a Packers linemen or the Lions starting their descent after a promising first half, many of my memories on that day include the Lions pissing off my dad and I and causing us to straight drinking Bourbon fair earlier than what is considered socially acceptable.

Liverpool are the only team to inflict a Premier League defeat onto City this term as they won 4 - 3 at Anfield earlier in 2018, and they may now be heading into the Champions League semi-finals after this incredible start.

During a stretch early in the second half of Duke's 76 - 63 East Regional semifinal defeat of UCLA on Thursday, after the Bruins had pulled to within three, Williams left them grasping and gasping.

I love the lesson Chitte learnt today,,, Early kickoff after a taxing UCL fixture away to Moscow,,, = Defeat... Thanx West Ham,,, FA did that to us last season n they said it was not an issue....

There was some bad news for Arsenal on the injury front today, with both Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain not due to be available until after the international break at the earliest, so they won't be able to help us in the Premier League against West Ham or Newcastle and will play no part in trying to overturn the Champions League defeat in Monaco.

Powell defeated 2013 world champion Kyong Sol on her way to the podium spots while earlier in the competition Nekoda Davis took bronze in the -57 kg category after a helter - skelter bout with Tina Zeltner.

Wolfsburg travel to Russia to face FK Krasnodar for Thursday's early kick - off (18:00 CET) and are in desperate need of a win after one disappointing draw and one thumping defeat.

Frank de Boer's short reign at Crystal Palace was plunged into further turmoil after an early blunder from Lee Chung - yong paved the way for his side's fourth straight Premier League defeat.

FC Copenhagen earned their first victory of this season's Champions League group stages after Daniel Braaten's clever early finish saw them defeat Galatasary 1 - 0.

After the 3 - 0 defeat to Bursaspor earlier in the week, Leeds United started with a strong looking team that was probably only missing captain Liam Bridcutt and fan favourite Ronaldo Viera from their best possible XI.

After looking doomed and gloomed earlier on in the season, Sporting Gijon have managed to give themselves a great chance of avoiding the drop following a run of four matches without a single defeat in La Liga.

The Gunners scored in the just five minutes before the final whistle to ease of the pressure after two very damaging defeats earlier on in the week.

But recent defeats to the Reds and Manchester United, as well as a handful of testing moments earlier in the campaign, have highlighted City's fallibilities, proving them to be human after all.

Earlier, Sampdoria came crashing back to earth after their shock win over champions Juventus last weekend with a 3 - 0 defeat at ten - man Bologna.

City will look for revenge against Chelsea after being defeated 1 - 3 in the home leg earlier this season.

Manchester United take on Tottenham in the semi-finals of the FA Cup on Saturday (5.15 pm) and Jose Mourinho will be hoping to salvage something from the season after an early Champions League exit to Sevilla and shock Carabao Cup defeat to Bristol City.

Yes, he looks like a very talented boy and people were labelling him the «next Messi» when he burst onto the scene in September, after he scored twice as a substitute for Genoa in a 3 - 2 defeat to Lazio, but obviously it still very early days for him as a professional footballer.

They were a better team than us then but I can remember after a defeat early in Bertie Mee's reign my mate refused to crow.

The Brazil international sealed a world - record $ 222m move to Paris Saint - Germainin early August, and shortly after, the Spanish outfit suffered a damaging 5 - 1 Super Cup defeat to Real Madrid across two legs.

Next week though, United will face Wolverhampton Wanderers in the U18 Premier League Cup at the Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground needing a victory after falling to a 1 - 0 defeat in the last game against Stoke City, winning the first, a 4 - 3 thriller, against Arsenal earlier in the season.

Shkodran Mustafi joined in with the session after recovering from the injury he suffered during our defeat to Manchester United earlier this month.

Rovers have picked up seven points at home this season, the source of all of their points thus far in the league, but, were it not for Villa getting complacent after scoring an early goal within 3 minutes, Blackburn could have been staring down the barrel of a second home defeat.

After an early September 2 - 0 defeat at Julian Nagelsmann's Hoffenheim, rumors swirled about the effectiveness of Carlo Ancelotti's training methods.

Despite a poor start, they have benefitted from other teams faltering in the early stages this season, with Liverpool, Tottenham and Everton all struggling in mid-table and next opponents» Arsenal sitting just one place above them after their defeat to Swansea on Sunday.

Blues owner Roman Abramovich has made it crystal clear to gaffer Antonio Conte that he will be backed with funds in the coming transfer windows — especially after the gulf in class between his side and Premier League title rivals Arsenal and Liverpool was made clear in early defeats.

The Slaven Bilić questioning which had been part of their early season gloom returned after that London derby — their first home defeat of the season — but it may have been unwarranted.

However, I have never seen United fans applaud a City team off the field before - but that was the response from a small section of supporters who remained at Old Trafford after their side's 2 - 1 defeat earlier in the season.

The Blues knew they needed a good start here to overturn a 2 - 1 defeat in Paris, but Adrien Rabiot scored for the French club after they dominated the early stages.

With that victory Madrid recovered a little of their morale after having suffered a 5 - 0 defeat earlier in the season at the Camp Nou, Mourinho's first Clásico.