Sentences with phrase «over apparent defeat»

Now, Brian lives by this credo: Feast upon uncertainty, fatten upon disappointment, invigorate in the presence of difficulties and enthuse over apparent defeat.

Not exact matches

Speaking to the European Parliament in November 1989 at a time when socialist regimes were falling all over Central and Eastern Europe, the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie said, «The apparent defeat of communism in Europe should not be seen as a triumph of capitalism.

But in the essential contest between Yahweh - Moses - Israel and Pharaoh - Staff - Egypt, Egypt is defeated on her own terms — the magician's apparent power over objects of the environment — and the story highlights and augments this thematic motif.

Egypt is defeated on her own terms - namely, a magician's apparent power over the objects of his environment.