Sentences with phrase «early defeats for»

Early defeats for Real Madrid, including a home derby loss to Atletico, severely scuppered the club's title hopes.

Not exact matches

Monday night's retreat was the second straight failure for McConnell, who had to cancel a vote on an earlier version of his repeal - and - replace bill last month when defeat became inevitable.

The repeal followed a similar legislative defeat in Santa Fe, New Mexico earlier in the year and was seen at the time as a loss of momentum for soda tax advocates.

For the true sportsman every contest is a new beginning: he carries no burdens of earlier defeat and wears no garlands of prior victory; he plays each game solely for itself, as if there were no othFor the true sportsman every contest is a new beginning: he carries no burdens of earlier defeat and wears no garlands of prior victory; he plays each game solely for itself, as if there were no othfor itself, as if there were no other.

However, the function which religion strangely has very often served of creating divisions and animosities was manifest as early as the time of Elijah, when the prophets denounced and threatened Ahab for leniency toward the defeated Ben - Hadad.

The Jews were suffering because of Satan (invented for this purpose and appearing nowhere in earlier Jewish literature) but God would return and defeat Satan in an epic battle.

Knowledge of the existence of a vital third (organic) tradition — the others being Aristotelianism and mechanism — in the seventeenth century, of its early success in promoting scientific discoveries, and of the dubious reasons for its defeat, may help embolden some theologians to revive this tradition, in purified form, in a way that would be beneficial both to the religious life of humanity and its «scientific» understanding of the reality in which it finds itself (p. 41)

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.

However, my aforementioned work schedule defeated me (particularly as the change of season has led to early sunsets, usually whilst I'm riding home on the bus) and whilst we ate such things for dinner, there was absolutely no light for photography.

He was successful early in his career may b coz he had excellent players, players who wanted to prove something to the world, who couldn't bare a defeat, May b wenger was never responsible for that success.

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.

Kansas Statesliced Missouri's conference lead to a game and a half by defeating Colorado65 - 58, as Ed Nealy pulled down 16 rebounds and Tyrone Adams scored 20 points.In their earlier victory over Nebraska, the Wildcats established a Big Eightrecord for field - goal accuracy (77.1 %) by sinking 27 of 35 shots.

The win sets the Red Devils up nicely for the Manchester derby next weekend as they look to avenge the 1 - 0 defeat they suffered at the Etihad earlier in the season and end a run of four straight losses against their city rivals.

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.

The news outlet are also stating that the Brazilian has seen a specialist in Barcelona for his injury, and that the player hasn't appeared for the west London side since their defeat to Watford earlier this year.

from Mauritius — you guys tell me — we are challenging for trophies right — then investment needed — removing players who are not willing to play for arsenal must go right — bringing new players is a necessity not a luxury — how we will perform from now is the question to address — two defeats too much too earlier

However, Balotelli demonstrated his residual qualities during Saturday evening's defeat at the hands of Juventus, stinging Gianluigi Buffon's finger tips with an early free kick, before providing the assist for Alex's opener.

Defeat to Panama in the early hours of this morning would see them crash out and that could mean almost three weeks extra break for Alexis, whereas going through could mean three more hard fought games for the Gunner and the possible extended celebrations if they won it.

Doesn't that like defeat the whole purpose of not selling him earlier in the market when the thought was to keep him for the season and see if he could get us back to the champions league... and what's 20m to a 40m lose that will occur If we sell him in January.

While Spurs were defeated by the Gunners in the Capital One Cup earlier this year, Mauricio Pochettino's side haven't lost in the league since the opening day, and are unlikely to roll over for their rivals.

Martial, who joined the Red Devils from Ligue 1 giants AS Monaco on transfer deadline day earlier in the month for a fee believed to be in the region of # 36million, was unable to replicate the immediate impact he made against Liverpool at the weekend as United crashed to a 2 - 1 defeat in Holland.

Yedlin burst onto the world stage during the USA's epic 2 - 1 defeat to Belgium in the last sixteen of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, coming on as a substitute early on for the injured Fabian Johnson and impressing with his raw pace as he attacked the right flank from deep.

So, the Boss knows what he's saying when he said, Arsenal will qualify for the knock out stages despite those 2 early defeats we've suffered.

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?

Papiss Demba Cisse, who is their leading goal scorer of the season with 11 league goals to his name, is serving a 7 - match suspension for allegedly spitting on Jonny Evans during his side's 0 - 1 defeat to Manchester United earlier this month.

mikel, chamakh, squillaccy, giroud, podolski, park, n that guy who played for just five minutes of FA cup etc... No. 4 next season, an early exit in champions league, crappy defeats (at home to Swansea) no cup n of cos a NEW and IMPROVED CONTRACT for Mr WENGER up to 2030 are just but a few things i expect... n not forgetting a 1 yr old prodigy (next bergkamp)....

Three days earlier at Saratoga, Ogden Phipps's unbeaten QUEEN OF THE STAGE ($ 3.60), with Braulio Baeza aboard, posted her fifth straight victory when she defeated Dream Path by half a length in the stake's record time of 1:10 [1/5] in the six - furlong $ 80,375 Spinaway sprint for 2 - year - old fillies.

Earlier, STANFORD defeated Georgia five matches to one for the team title.

Nothing wrong in what Wenger said — as an earlier poster said two defeats for chelsea all season they are not going to lose four in the next nine are they?

Wenger blames early red card for Nou Camp defeat 6.

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.

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.

Watch the best of the action from the final in Athens as a Filippo Inzaghi double helped Milan get redemption for their defeat against Liverpool two years earlier.

There was the game at Maine Road in 1970 at Maine Road when Jimmy Greaves made his debut for us and scored twice, Ronnie Boyce scored from the half way line and we won the game 5 - 1, to gain our revenge on a 4 - 0 home defeat to them just three months earlier.

As for Tottenham and Harry Redknapp, an earlier splendid spell ground almost to a halt in the closing weeks of the season and the 5 - 1 FA Cup semi final defeat at Wembley by Chelsea was a dreadful humiliation, even if that scandalous Chelsea goal should never have been given by the inept referee, Martin Atkinson.

But Leeds failed to live up to that early season form and McAllister paid the price for a run a of five successive defeats - including a 1 - 0 FA Cup second round reverse at non-league Histon - when he parted company with the club in December.

Earlier this seasons when these two met, Ipswich were blown away in a 3 - 0 defeat against the Magpies and this is a tough home game for them.

Earlier in the season, Conte's men defeated the Sky Blues but both teams were penalized for failing to control their players.

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

Last season and Conte got revenge for defeat early in the season with a comprehensive victory during our march to the title.

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.

Pablo Sarabia struck for Sevilla, having earlier missed a glorious chance as Vincenzo Montella's side suffered their first defeat in the competition this season.

There have been four matches played since that defeat with United winning three and drawing the last meeting, earlier this season at Goodison Park with Marouane Fellaini giving away a penalty late on which levelled the score for the home side.

For Arsenal, it will be a case of getting their title bid back on track by avenging the 3 - 2 reverse that was inflicted on them at the Emirates earlier in the season — when squandering a 2 - 0 lead to concede three second half goals — but also a 2 - 1 defeat in last term's White Hart Lane encounter which, at the time, ended the Gunners» hopes of securing the 2009/2010 Premier League.

What seemed unthinkable in December could become a real possibility if they inflict another defeat on their cross town rivals Inter, matching their early season aspirations and fighting for a Champions League spot.

Granit Xhaka has quickly grown into an influential player for Arsenal, and put in a masterful performance as the Gunners defeated Crystal Palace 2 - 0 earlier this week.

As we mentioned a little earlier, Blackburn did lose their very last home encounter here at Ewood Park 3 - 2 to Everton, but before that disappointing defeat Blackburn were enjoying an 8 game unbeaten run in their Lancashire roots, a run which included well earned draws with two of Arsenal's former rivals for the title, Chelsea and Manchester United.

Given Liverpool's earlier defeat against Manchester Utd at Anfield was in large part down to the profligate finishing of their forwards, the Reds» boss will welcome the opportunity to field a fit Daniel Sturridge for such an important fixture.

City have been immensely strong at home for the early part of this season and throughout the course of last season, whereas Rovers have been a very poor away outfit thus far and have managed to avoid defeat just three times in ten away outings.