Sentences with phrase «same opponent he faced»

(CNN)-- Rep. Charlie Rangel, D - New York, who was first elected in 1971, claimed victory in what he says is his last race, looking like he'll survive a second straight narrow victory against the same opponent he faced two years ago when he barely kept his political career alive.

Not exact matches

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.

He ranks both No. 5 in passer rating against Power 5 opponents (among QBs who've faced three or more) and No. 1 in QB rushing yards per game against the same.

Arsenal will line up the same as always in a 4 -2-3-1 formation against every side because Wenger is still the same, all the top managers have Wenger's number because he doesn't adapt the teams playing style according to our opponents from week to week, he thinks the so - called Arsenal way is the best way for every game even though we'll face different teams with different managers!

It might seem tough to have to face the same opponents, Hull City, as in that Wembley final, but this is no time to feel sorry for ourselves.

At the same time our upcoming opponents have to cope with a more congested schedule than us, especially Southampton who we are likely to face next in the FA cup.

But he knows how to face opponents unlike Wenger who used the same formation for 10 years in a row no matter the opposition..

Did you know: The Saints beat the Panthers twice during the regular season, and since 1990, 16 teams have defeated the same opponent twice straight up in the same season and then subsequently faced them again in the playoffs.

If Arsenal keep using the same formation like 4 -2-3-1 (used for many years) or 3 -4-2-1 (used since the last season), the opponents would easily prepare themselves to face it.

The U18 Professional Development League gets underway for real tomorrow when teams come up against opponents in the same league with Burnley facing what is now a home match against Sheffield Wednesday.

Somewhat poetically, the Reds face the same opponent that kicked them out of the competition in January, providing a timely reminder that they could have been at Wembley instead.

Spain's unique manner of fixture allocation means each side faces each other in the first half of the season and then play the same set of fixtures at the opponents venue in the same order in the second.

According to the rules and schedule of EPL, every team used to face the same opponent twice times in a season.

Each team used to play total thirty eight matches in every season and against same opponent, they face twice times where once in home and other one is away.

But to talk to some Tories these days you would think that they are one and the same, a cyborg phenomenon called Obameron: a fresh - faced man in his forties sent to slay the dragon of an older, less media savvy opponent.

The challenger is not a fellow Republican, although there have been threats that the four GOP senators who voted «yes» on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's same - sex marriage bill will face primaries and potential third party opponents on the Conservative line supported by anti-marriage organizations like NOM.

This morning, Trump expressed frustration — via four tweets sent over 24 minutes — that his campaign is under investigation over possible ties to Russia's plot to influence the 2016 election but that his former opponent Hillary Clinton is not facing the same level of scrutiny.

Jim Gerlach talking to himself: Let's see, I can run for an open, Executive Branch, Governors Seat or I as a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership who supports Stem - Cell Research, some LGBT Rights and Environmental Issues, where my primary opponent would be an ultra-right conservative who already ran another moderate GOP member to the Democratic party, and if I survived that bloody primary fight, would then face the six - term incumbent senator with long roots in the same part of the state as me and who had a 60 % approval rating among Pennsylvania Democrats before he decided to switch parties and will have a popular president campaigning for him in an already 55 - 45 Democratic state.

But, as you battle through the single player mode, repetition soon sets in as you face the same opponents over and over.

Offering little more than two opponents facing off, each holding a rapier and possessing the same moveset — it was skill (and sometimes a bit of luck) that decided the winner.

The same can be said of opponents, whose insistence, in the face of all evidence, that school choice is harmful has led them to ignore its real achievements.

Same goes for multiplayer, where you'll be faced with human opponents that are just as blazingly fast as you.

Each combat, you play one face down card at the same time as your opponent.

The Two Player mode is the same, except that you'll face off against a friend on your computer rather than a computer controlled opponent.

If you arrive at a negotiation with your poker face on, mirrored sunglasses in place, revealing nothing, you'll get the same kind of behavior from your counterpart (note that I did not use the word «opponent.»)

In sports, when a team is about to face a tougher opponent, when they are expected to lose, do their coaches have them prepare in the same way?