Sentences with phrase «perceived as a victory»

But right now, with the GOP on the verge of a massive wave of victories in the November elections, anything that could be perceived as a victory for the opposing party is considered a non-starter.

The Times notes that the proposed settlement is «almost universally perceived as a victory for the league.»

If they hope to resolve the case amicably, they search for a negotiator; if they want «victory» — whatever they perceive as victory — they seek a litigator.

Not exact matches

At the beginning of the year, possible far - right election victories in the Netherlands, France and Germany were perceived as the biggest threat to European politics.

A victory over archrival Apolo Ohno in the tightly contested 1,000 meters confirmed Ahn Hyun Soo's ascension to the top of his sport — and served as payback for perceived wrongs to South Korea at the Salt Lake City Games

Facebook and Twitter were perceived as critical to Trump's surprising victory over Hillary Clinton, something not lost on the president.

He said this situation has led to some youth of the NPP in the wake of their victory over the governing NDC in the recently held presidential elections, resort to «rampaging and illegally taking - over public establishments because those running these establishments are perceived wrongly as necessarily members of the vanquished political party even at a time when the vanquished political party is still in charge of government business.»

Following the June election, when Patel was reappointed to DfID, two of her junior ministers, Rory Stewart and Alistair Burt, took joint positions across DfID and the Foreign Office, in what was perceived by some as a partial victory for Johnson's takeover plans.

A new study by faculty at Florida Atlantic University suggests those positive qualities, as perceived by voters, may have helped push U.S. President Donald Trump to victory in the 2016 presidential race with Hillary Clinton.

It was Weinstein's Shakespeare in Love that toppled Spielberg's presumptive favorite Saving Private Ryan nearly 20 years ago, a victory that was perceived as the underdog upending the institution and established Harvey's reign as the enfant terrible of awards season.

Despite some victories this year — passage of a state ballot measure for more school funding and a revamped L.A. school board that the union perceives as more «teacher - friendly» — many instructors said they felt beaten down by large classes, staff cutbacks, rising teacher dismissals and public disrespect.