Sentences with phrase «moral victory for»

At Workplace Prof Blog, Paul Secunda says that given the present rightward bent of the court, today's ruling represents a moral victory for ADEA plaintiffs.

This was not merely a car purchase, but a moral victory for Gremban, who has been advocating electric cars for more than 40 years.

The Corvette Isn't Always Better So score it as an ass - whipping at the track by the Corvette and a moral victory for the M3 on our favorite mountain road.

A moral victory for Mr. Pilgrim.

The game finished in a 1 - 1 tie — a moral victory for the U.S. but a point was the least that they deserved after a display full of spirit and determination in Kaiserslautern.

In a moral victory for the otherwise moribund Sonics, they finished 4 - 0 against the Lakers to become the first team in seven years to sweep L.A. in a regular - season series of at least four games...

Not much about Chicago's lost 2017 season would have changed with a refined catch rule, but it would have been a moral victory for one man.

Not exact matches

Since morality, or beliefs, religious or otherwise, strike me as the key driving force (after all, I'm even posting this comment in CNN's «Belief Blog») in an anti-choice individuals logical reasoning for thinking the way they do, I would like to know exactly how making abortion illegal will help you sleep at night, or register as a moral victory.

«Even if our napalm and airborne terror produce «victory», the damage done to our moral image; enormous, for we have become a monster.

This can then lead to a genuine sensus fidelium, the harmony of the faithful on theological and moral issues that is genuinely inclusive and that strengthens the unity of the church rather than settling for the victory cry of momentary majority.

For same - sex marriage advocates, victory means a new moral consensus, which seems more important to them than other people's consciences.

I think a lot of Evangelicals think that if they give God the credit for their moral victories that they are somehow glorifying God.

Politicians are notorious, particularly in the country, for giving people what they want in order to garner votes regardless of the long term effects (say it with me: 16 trillion dollars) The mere fact that a political decision is made may suffice for proponents but you and I both know that political victory doesn't equal moral certainty

Gary Helou has secured a moral victory at the Takeovers Panel but nothing like the Saputo momentum stopper he was looking for in the wildly unlikely and increasingly rich contest for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter.

Not one for moral victories but this is a Game they can look back on in March and April to know they have what it takes to take down the League's best.

Being proud is one thing and great for the coaches but I'm pretty sure the players could give to shits about moral victories and not 1 of them is feeling proud right now just super tired and confused.

With five minutes to play I thought we would have to settle for a «moral victory» (as if there is such a thing!)

As for the game itself... if it wasn't quite a moral victory, it came pretty close.

Since then we have been celebrating moral victories, we teased Manchester united for selling ronaldo and buying Owen, we teased Chelsea for not winning champions league before they eventually won.

While you don't get points in the Standings for «moral victories» in All Sports Series, they showed that they can compete with the League's very best..

St. Francis coach Greg Calcagno would've much preferred a real victory to a moral one, but the game still served its purpose in getting his team ready for the WCAL grind.

It really spurs the players on to dig deep and really scrap for that all important moral victory of losing by less than 5 goals.

I give the kids credit for fighting until the bitter end but, as I said some time ago, at some point, the moral victories end.

Their weekend victory over West Ham could provide as positive moral boost for Sam Allardyce's men ahead of this midweek league battle, which could be another essential battle for both sides.

A lot has been made in the press and in the recent parliamentary debates about the moral obligation for members of parliament to respect «the will of the people» as expressed in the narrow victory for leaving the European Union in the Brexit referendum of last June.

Ed Miliband deserves credit for a significant moral and strategic victory on the issue of Syrian refugees.

That's money the CFG could be spending on some of these House races but will be pissing away in RI for some sort of moral victory.

«The signing of this bill into law is not only a huge moral and legal victory for Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh residents, but an important step in holding polluters accountable,» said Liz Moran of the Environmental Advocates of New York.

For Murphy even to have come close in such a staunchly Republican district would arguably still have been a moral victory, but this is a literal one as well.

As polling places shut down shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday night, most pundits thought that Republican Terry Bernardo achieving 40 percent of the vote for Ulster County executive would constitute a moral victory against incumbent Democrat Mike Hein.

For the now - closed Tevatron, a demonstration of sensitivity to the Higgs can be seen as a kind of moral victory, says theorist Gordon Kane of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

The University of Kent's Darren Griffin called the ruling «a triumph for common sense» in a statement, and Sarah Norcross, director of Progress Educational Trust, lauded the decision as «a victory for level - headed regulation over moral panic.»

At the end of the process there is of course the Big Contest where moral victories are won, if not actual ones, and there is the eleventh - hour crisis solved by an inspirational coming together (most often demonstrated in mass desk - standing), all capped by a heartfelt coda that shows a new direction for our rumpled hero and the little moppets who had the foresight to trust him with their lives and futures.

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).

Glenn: Its only a mini too so definitely a moral victory at least for Spirits.

I guess if that's the only way people can accomplish their goals, (small moral victories) then it works, but the math just doesn't add up for me

For the Powells, it was a moral victory if not a financial one.

Morally, we say «no censorship», but logically we have to wonder if standing the moral high - ground and not allowing a censored version of the book in the collection is a victory for free speech, but a defeat for the student that is banned from reading the book altogether?

For job hunters the attitude you must adopt is there are no moral victories in job hunting.