Sentences with phrase «of victory against»

Soccer sharp - shooters - can you set the record for Highest margin of victory against an AI opponent on EA Sports» classic football simulator?

On the heels of their victory against National Check Registry, the FTC and the New York Attorney General teamed up again to announce two complaints against debt collectors that allegedly used a slew of abusive and deceptive tactics to pressure...

The result was a total climbdown by the NZ government — it is the sort of victory against government policy that teachers in England have only dreamed about.

This was also the third biggest margin of victory against a top - two team ever.

Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech is confident of victory against former club Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday.

The manner of the victory against a good Everton side who gained a point at the Emirates earlier in the season can also boost Arsenal before a tough run of league fixtures.

And so within two years of being expendable he become such a valued member of former manager Brendan Rodgers's title - chasing team that it was his sending off in the last second of a victory against City that probably turned the title race and unbalanced the team as much as Steven Gerrard's slip against Chelsea two weeks later for which Henderson was suspended.

If Guardiola allows emotion to cloud his judgement, he would gamble on the fitness of the likes of Ederson, Kevin De Bruyne, Leroy Sane and David Silva to improve the chances of victory against United, yet would it be worth it if the exertions required to beat Mourinho's men diminished City's prospects against Liverpool three days later?

After such an excellent week, it shouldn't really have been a surprise that Arsenal couldn't hit the heights of the victories against Chelsea and Basel in the league at Turf Moor on Sunday.

Britain's Brexit was officially confirmed just before 6 am, after a number of victories against the odds have propelled the chance of a win for Leave in the EU referendum.

Capacity utilization was top of mind for VW as Pischetsrieder and Bernhard who parlayed their hard - nosed attitudes into a series of victories against rising costs and inefficiency.

Not exact matches

After he was found guilty of some of the counts against him last months, he gave a press conference in which he declared victory — and then opined on Twitter that the judge would be unlikely to give him more than six months in prison.

Delta's other trade victory came on Friday, when, in a surprise decision, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled against Boeing in a bitter trade battle in which the Chicago - based company said its business was harmed by trade practices of its Canadian rival Bombardier.

Serena Williams of the US celebrates her victory against Venus Williams of the US during the women's singles final on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2017.

Mr. Siegal is perhaps best known for his victory in defense of high - profile private equity financier Benjamin Wey against federal criminal and civil securities fraud and money laundering charges.

Asked about Spotlight «s come - from - behind victory against The Revenant, one of the journalism drama's producers, Blye Pagon Faust, acknowledged the Academy had given a big win to the smaller movie.

The study was designed so that each participant won two out of the four contests, but half the group faced off against the same opponent each time and won or lost by a narrow margin; these slight victories and losses to the same opponent encouraged feelings of rivalry among participants, who subsequently reported higher scores on the Machiavellianism scale.

Colin Barnett's election victory in September 2008 against all the odds is one of the great rags to riches stories in Western Australian politics.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- For years, President Donald Trump pushed back against the idea of election meddling, dismissing it as a hoax and an affront to the legitimacy of his victory.

In France, which proudly defends its culture and language against the global dominance of the United States, the decision is a victory for the traditional cinema distribution sector.

US troops supporting the fight against ISIS in Iraq have also started to draw down in the wake of Baghdad's declaration of victory over the terrorist group at the end of 2017.

The SEC recently notched a major victory against inside traders with a court decision upholding the 2014 conviction of former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager Mathew Martoma.

It's certainly not news for entrepreneurs, who are devotees of against - the - odds victories.

Though victories against ISIS in Iraq and Syria may make more resources available for Afghanistan, Trump's change in policy comes as the Air Force grapples with a number of protracted operational commitments.

The Art of War says that victory comes to a general — read, a business leader — who avoids following conventional strategies and instead uses surprising tactics to unsettle a seemingly dominant opponent: David wielding his humble slingshot against a clueless, stodgy Goliath.

Victory for populism, another vote against inequality, raises risk of stagflation, likely will provide one of the last great opportunities to reduce exposure to bonds.

The time it has taken investors and traders to wrap their heads around Trump's industry tariffs and the pyrrhic victory of two solar companies in a case against cheap Chinese imports has seen stocks rally in a big way, and then fall just as hard.

Scheer, for those who missed it, edged out a narrow victory against Maxime Bernier in May in the contest for leader of the Conservative party.

The agreement is also a victory for a president whose most ardent campaign supporters were animated in part by a promise that Mr. Trump would fight for them against an international free - trade establishment that they believe had robbed them of jobs and depressed their wages.

Then, Thiel emerged as the secret financial backer of a controversial lawsuit by wrestler Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media over a sex tape and took a victory lap for his successful attack and crowed that it was philanthropic.

Returning to the same south Texas courthouse where a Texas - led coalition won a sweeping victory against a key immigration policy of the Obama Administration more than three years ago, Texas and some of its former allies moved on Tuesday to scuttle the last remaining part of that policy — the so - called «DACA» program.

While not a complete victory for the company, Ken Winston, a lawyer representing environmental groups against the pipeline, explained that the alternative route presents the same kind of environmental problems as the preferred one.

October, 2013: The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a lower court victory in favor of the PMA's suit against the State of Illinois, declaring its «Affiliate Nexus Tax» is illegal.

Mr. Kowalski's time on the backbenches ended in April 1997, when he won a surprise victory against Dunvegan MLA Glen Clegg to become Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (it was suspected that he also had the support of the 18 Liberal MLAs and two NDP MLAs in the Assembly).

Plaintiffs in the court case that threw out the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule declared «complete victory» against the rule and said the way is now clear for the Securities and Exchange Commission to create a new standard that would apply across financial disciplines.

A day after the bill's prospects wavered somewhat, Republican leaders notched two victories on Friday, when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he would vote yes after gaining a more generous child tax credit in the final bill and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who voted against the initial Senate bill over deficit concerns, said he would support the legislation.

Fitbit scored a victory in a trade dispute against Jawbone this morning, with a judge ruling that some of the Jawbone patents at the heart of the dispute were invalid.

Investment for return (as Rodney Stark relates in The Victory of Reason) largely occurred against the grain of Church teaching, the Spanish Scholastics being largely ignored, and it was Calvin's application of biblical law to trade and commerce that created the competitive tension under which a millennium of misapplication and resultant economic suppression could begin to be corrected.

The pastor of First Baptist Church in Taylors, South Carolina, Page won a first - ballot victory this summer against two prominent candidates with close ties to what is sometimes called the college of cardinals» a close - knit circle of Southern Baptist Convention leaders who have handpicked the denomination's recent presidents.

When we consider the historical reality and the spiritual imagery together, what we see in Genesis 6 - 8 is the near victory of the forces of evil against the power of God so that the waters threaten to kill everything that has the breath of life.

I am personally president of the «Observatoire de la mondialisation» which is one of the members of a coalition against the MAI which now has over 70 members in France and we were also very active in the international coordination against the MAI and we won an initial victory but we have to keep going because the MAI is now springing up again.

You are «a good soldier» for the rebels, now: beating against a a section of seemingly dead institution which nevertheless apparently holds great influence of a manipulative and brainwashing kind — still caught up in the battle like Libyans after Gaddafi: shooting side arms and even heavy artillery up in the air out of car windows and trucks in victory and defiance.

The collective action against the MAI is the latest illustration of this with a first victory, even if only short - lived.

For Christians, then, to recover and understand the meaning of the command to have «no other god,» it is necessary first to recognize that the victory of the Church in history was not only incomplete, but indeed set free a force that the old sacral order had at least been able to contain; and it is against this more formless and invincible enemy that we take up the standard of the commandment today.

However, even if successful they will never be able to claim ultimate victory in their war against the poor unless we fall into the trap of looking at history through the policymakers» distorted lenses.»

But focus on what Jesus Christ has done, who He is, the forgiveness of our sins against God, the new life He gives us, the victory over Satan we have, and the plethora of benefits of being a child of God... and then your perspective will shift from depressiveness to optimistic hope in God no matter your circumstances or conditions.

A military attack that is not decisive opens the possibility that the US will have committed an act of war against the Syrian regime without actually securing victory.

Both countries have already declared victory in the fight against the group, after almost all of the territory taken over by the their so - called caliphate had been recaptured.

Two of these — «Flower of Purity» and «Gentle Guide of Youth» — are especially relevant to our current theme In the Novena he composed in preparation for the Feast of St Philip, Cardinal Newman wrote: «Philip, well knowing the pleasure God takes in cleanness of heart, had no sooner come to years of discretion, and to the power of distinguishing between good and evil, than he set himself to wage war against the evils and suggestions of his enemy, and never rested till he had gained the victory.

Just as when armies crash against each other, the victory is that of superior power, so also the victory of love and grace against the very real force of evil, is a victory of a real superior force.