Sentences with phrase «declared as a victory»

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How, then, can victory truly be declared over Hamas if ministers and defense officials refer to the next round of conflict with it as a matter of when, not if?

Even as fierce pockets of ISIS resistance remain in the city, the Iraqi prime minister has declared victory.

And Englund said that Trump might be more amenable to compromise because, as he puts it, «Trump doesn't need much of a victory to declare victory.»

«I think that is something that gives a lot of flexibility to Mnuchin and the president to declare a number of things as a victory.»

The stronger momentum in economic activity and headline inflation, he suggested, was no reason to declare victory as long as downside risks remain.

Close study shows it to match other Scriptures that picture the ascending Jesus declaring his victory over Satan to fallen angels who once influenced the world to sin, but who now are being held in spirit - prison as they wait for their day of judgment.

However, if the Fourth Servant Song was really to be understood as a prophecy of the crucifixion of Jesus, and if this meant that by means of this scripture God was declaring that his death was not a miserable failure but a victory, in that it was becoming a source of blessing to men, then the rest of the Song had some suggestive things to say about this same Jesus.

In the midst of this debate, there is at least one victory Benedict can already look to: the Cuban authorities have granted his request to have Good Friday declared a national holiday (just as Christmas was finally permitted after Blessed John Paul II's 1998 visit).

As a result of this victory, he declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.

Now, they have eight matches in hand in the season of Premier League and if they would manage three more victories among last eight, without any calculations, they will be declared as the Champion of EPL this season.

As Democrats in the state Senate declare victory in the 8th district on Long Island with candidate John Brooks over incumbent GOP Sen. Michael Venditto, one observer pointed this week to the dangers of prematurely celebrating a narrow win.

Democrats, meanwhile, declared victory in the race even as the court battle over the final outcome looms.

The 84 - year - old Democrat declared victory earlier that day and underscored this was his final campaign, referring to this primary as his «one last fight.»

New York state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, right, declared victory Tuesday, but as of midnight, the Associated Press had not yet called the race.

Democrat Christine Pellegrino is emotional as she hugs Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone after declaring victory in the special election for the Ninth Assembly seat left vacant when Joe Saladino became Oyster Bay Supervisor, Tuesday evening, May 23, 2017, in Massapequa Park.

As predicted, the Senate Democrats are seizing on today's «Race to the Top» announcement, declaring both a policy and political victory in their ability to push through changes that helped again push New York into the list of finalists for federal education cash.

As WAMC's Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports, one candidate declared victory in the Republican primary on Tuesday.

By late Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Brooks — a longtime Republican running as a Democrat — had declared victory after a count of absentee and affidavit ballots.

Going back to his hometown for this historic moment was symbolic to Obama because the city is where he worked as a young community organizer and where eight years ago he declared victory to become the country's first black president.

As of Wednesday morning, Smyth had not conceded the race, though McLaughlin declared victory Tuesday night.

The governor, in his victory speech last night, buttressed his standing as a centrist by declaring he'd steered between «the extreme forces on the left [and] the right.»

As of Wednesday morning, Democrat Andrea Smyth had not conceded the race, though Republican Steve McLaughlin declared victory Tuesday night.

Queens State Senator Tony Avella declared victory tonight over former city comptroller John Liu — though the challenger refused to quit, and predicted as much as a week may pass before the all the votes are counted.

«Once again, Grant Lally is jumping the gun in declaring victory as we have 25 votes that are yet to be counted,» Hagan said in a news release.

Within minutes of Foley's declaring victory, the battle was joined as the Malloy campaign, the state Democratic chairwoman and the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association all weighed in.

Shockingly, the cabinet papers also show that the Tories were willing to go as far as declaring a state of emergency and deploying the Army in order to gain victory over the striking miners and the unions — confirmation that it was a central tenet of government policy to regard tax - paying, law - abiding colliery workers, locked in struggle to defend their jobs and their way of life, as (to use that awful phrase of Margaret Thatcher's) «the enemy within».

With 98 percent of precincts reporting, State Senator Adriano Espaillat declared victory Tuesday night in the Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District seat held by Charles Rangel as his chief rival refused to concede the race.

Schnirman, 39, of Long Beach, who declared victory Tuesday night, has served as city manager since 2012.

Fortunately the candidate made an exemplary speech when his victory was declared and ofcourse as a result of that all the aspirants have warmed up to him.

Democrats are declaring victory, both nationally and in New York, after seeing the results of yesterday's elections, which they cast as a rejection of President Donald Trump's agenda and a bellwether of what's to come in the 2018 contests.

Carl Paladino was smiling almost as brightly as Donald Trump Tuesday night when the GOP frontrunner declared a landslide victory in his home state.

«That's what this election is all about: who can walk into the national arena with the most support,» Rangel said, doing shtick for the jubilant crowd at his victory party at the Taino Tower in Harlem as he waited to declare actual victory.

Gun rights supporters as well as gun control advocates are declaring victory over this year's Florida legislative session.

If anyone deserves a gold medal for Crewe it is Stephen - circled below as he and colleagues heard Edward Timpson's historic victory declared:

Patrick Madden, center, speaks to supporters as he declares victory in the Troy Mayoral race at ryan's Wake on Tuesday Nov. 3, 2015 in Troy, N.Y. (Michael P. Farrell / Times Union) ORG XMIT: MER2015110322533993

As the deadline approached, the new, humble Andrew seemed to be wrestling with the old, arrogant Andrew; last week, the governor appeared to rub the Legislature's nose in his assumed victory, bluntly declaring he'd get what he wanted whether the Legislature delivered the budget on time or not.

In his victory speech tonight, Paul — a Republican as well as a favorite of Tea Party activists across the nation - declared, «Tonight there's a Tea Party tidal wave.»

Diana Ayala Declares Victory in District 8 City Council Race NEW YORK, N.Y. — «I believe we have triumphed tonight and look forward to continuing as the Democratic nominee for the 8th District's City Council seat.

(Mr. King, an early de Blasio endorser, is seen as the most likely to defect, but a week after Ms. Mark - Viverito declared victory in the race and launched a P.R. offensive to boost her win, no new council members have joined her camp.)

In declaring victory, Tenney said she will campaign as someone willing to stand up to establishment Democrats and Republicans.

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«I think that all bets are off now with politics,» McLaughlin, 53, told POLITICO as a supporter handed him a beer a few minutes after he declared victory.

Zahawi, a close Osborne ally who was elected in 2010, believes much of the public will have seen the affair as his wife did, as a victory for Cameron: when he arrived home late after the vote she declared: «So you lost?»

«The economy is «turning the corner», George Osborne will declare on Monday as he claims a «decisive» victory over Labour on public spending policy.

U.S. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, shown here in Columbus Circle in Syracuse after declaring victory in November, has attracted the attention of national Democrats who see her as vulnerable in 2012.

State Sen. Adriano Espaillat declared victory in the Democratic primary race to succeed Rep. Charlie Rangel on Tuesday night, as he clung to a lead of just over 1,000 votes against his closest rival, Assemblyman Keith Wright.

«This is your city,» de Blasio said as he declared victory before 10 p.m., invoking his campaign slogan to hundreds of supporters at the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday night, as First Lady Chirlane McCray and their son Dante stood by his side.

«Although it's too early to declare victory, there's a good chance now that science will not be sidelined as would have been the case had the chair's proposal been adopted,» says Justin Cooke, a mathematical modeler in Freiburg, Germany, who represents the International Union for Conservation of Nature at the IWC meeting.

And as the documentary goes on (and sometimes drags on) it becomes clear that the directors, already knowing that history will declare victory in the case, are intent to show the elbow grease that went into achieving that victory, but not so much the vulnerability the plaintiffs had to endure on national level.

Creed won the bout by a split decision, but the victory isn't so sweet, as many fans accuse him of helping Balboa along, while some even think Balboa should have been declared champion.