Sentences with phrase «major victory in the battle»

The amendment, which passed overwhelmingly in a voter referendum last month, is called a «a major victory in the battle against corruption» by the mailer, obtained by Capital Tonight.

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However we understand David's prayers and Israel's victory in battle, it is a very major stretch to somehow use that understanding to justify our wars.

The new greens, seeded in August 2009, were battling the Maryland climate the way Venturi battled heatstroke on the way to his only major championship victory.

Now after a four - year battle, Mr Awuku — represented by human rights barrister Zane Malik and a London - based solicitor specialising in proxy marriages — has scored a major victory at the Appeal Court which has paved the way for him to be granted residency in the UK.

There was a major legal victory for the Manchester homeless camp today in its long running battle with the city council.

The World Health Organisation secures a major victory in the worldwide battle against polio by successfully eradicating the disease in Somalia.

This Week in World War I: April 24, 1915 April 25, 2015, marks the 100 - year anniversary of an important battle in the First World War: it was a major defeat for the Allies (Britain, France and Russia) and a great victory for the -LSB-...]

This has expanded both the constituency and the intellectual and moral arguments for vouchers, put the unions and their allies (including the Democrats) in the awkward position of opposing the poor in fierce political battles - and led to major voucher victories in Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Florida (not to mention the Supreme Court).

However, as regards its battle with Nuevas Tecnologías y Energías Catalá, the Spanish company is certainly in an enviable position as not only has it pulled off a major victory against a tech giant several times its size but has also got a lot of publicity that would have cost it a lot if it had set out to achieve on its own.

If no alleged perpetrators of fraud at major companies or banks end up being sent to prison, then the mere payment of large fines is a distinctly Pyrrhic victory in the long - term battle against fraud.

Edwards Lifesciences won another major victory in its patent battle with Medtronic over transcatheter heart valve technology, when Chief Judge Gregory M. Sleet of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware...

Weil recently secured another major victory for the Port Authority in its six year, multi-forum litigation battle with Maher Terminals, in which Maher, the Port's largest marine terminal operator, has alleged hundreds of millions of dollars in damages caused by its lease, which it claims is unfair and discriminatory.

Planned Parenthood won a major victory today in its ongoing court battle against South Dakota's so - called «informed consent» law, which seeks to compel doctors to deliver ideological and medically inaccurate statements to their patients.