Sentences with phrase «small victories over»

These small victories over the life we have every day, we take them for granted.

As she shared her harrowing story, she talked about the small victories over the years following her accident, as her body has slowly healed.

The final is 86 - 0, but Princeton can take a measure of pride in the fact that they finished the game and collected a few more small victories over the course of the night.

At the end of the hour, it was as if all three of us had experienced a small victory over the power the patterns of the past have to constrict the more expansive possibilities of the present.

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Researchers said it carries over to debt repayment strategies, where the «small victory» of paying off a card balance can motivate consumers to dig out of debt faster.

Publicly communicating and recognizing small victories does several things — it reinforces the importance of goal setting, builds positive momentum company - wide and allows coworkers to bond over shared accomplishments.

While his party has not had much to celebrate over the past year, Liberal leader Raj Sherman earned a small victory this week.

The elite gave us so much that the non-thinkers can attribute to their god (small g intentional), such as the mentioned victory over diseases.

Wallace and Andrew de Moray were given the title after leading a small Scottish force to victory over Edward I's large army in 1297.

The reason for the celebration is twofold (both dating back to c. 165 BCE): the miraculous military victory of the small, ill - equipped Jewish army over the ruling Greek Syrians, who had banned the Jewish religion and desecrated the Temple; and the miracle of the small cruse of consecrated oil, which burned for eight days in the Temple's menorah instead of just one.»

The superpatient person is like one who has a very serious illness, who has come through the most dangerous phase of the illness yet later unexpectedly dies from a sudden relapse of fever; the fever was finally the cause of death.15 Again, the superpatient person is like a soldier who has had a great victory in the field — the main battle is over; going into the city thinking the victory already secured, the negligent soldier is stupidly captured by a small, insignificant force within the gates.

Instead, what we usually do, is invent other «sins» that we «struggle» so that we can make ourselves feel better about the small victories we gain over these fake sins while completely ignoring the bigger sins we harbor in our lives every day.

It would then be an attempt to convey in a vivid pictorial form the truth, or the belief, that self - sacrificing love is so supremely valuable that in comparison with it even death is of small significance; that although the enemies of Jesus won their victory over him, yet in retrospect his life has become a more potent influence than theirs, for his memory has survived as an inspiration and example for all men.

The miraculous victory over the army of his enemies which was accomplished by a small number of faithful, poorly armed followers, but men who were assisted by divine power (Surah VIII, 17).

There was a great deal of resistance to the French army's abuses and occupation and Cinco de Mayo commemorates the victory (in Puebla) of the smaller, poorly armed Mexicans over the much larger French army.

USC and Notre Dame fell out of the polls after losses to UCLA and Stanford, respectively, while Duke saw a small climb in its ranking, and Texas managed to return to the bottom of the polls after a dominating victory over Texas Tech.

Since his career - defining victory over Albuquerque rival Danny Romero in July 1997, the undefeated (44 -0-2) WBO and IBF junior bantamweight champ has had to settle for big pushovers and small purses.

West Ham (I know because my cousin is a hammer and loves to gloat over small victories) will take great pride in beating us and destroying any dwindling hope some may have of us winning the PL.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

After falling behind by 16 points in the second quarter, the Golden State Warriors utilized a small lineup to overcome the deficit en route to a 110 - 106 victory and a 1 - 0 series lead over the Houston Rockets.

VILLAGE CHRISTIAN KEYS TO VICTORY: Prior to the playoffs, the Crusaders had a steady diet of small schools, but in a current 15 - game winning streak they do have a win over Oaks Christian - Westlake Village which started the streak and is probably their best win of the season.

After falling behind by 16 points in the second quarter, the Golden State Warriors utilized a small lineup to overcome the deficit en route to a 110 - 106 victory and a 1 - 0 series lead over the...

Arsenal have won four on the spin in the league and are unbeaten in their previous seven matches in all competitions, while the small matter of Arsenal kicking off before their rivals for a top four finish will serve as motivation as they seek to pile on the pressure with victory over in - form Norwich in Norfolk.

A reader flagged an interesting, yet overlooked, aspect of Jacob Gershman's very interesting WSJ story about the lack of consensus among New York Tea Partiers on GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino, who's banking in no small part on the support of disaffected Republicans to fuel his hoped - for primary victory over Rick Lazio.

I expect the legislative leaders and DiNapoli will express solidarity with the unions — particularly the state comptroller, who owes no small part of his victory over Republican Harry Wilson last year to the efforts on his behalf by organized labor.

Eliot Spitzer has just won a small victory in the ongoing legal saga over his private e-mails.

But the past year has seen a repeat of the drama and turmoil of the Major years: a rancorous party split over Europe within months of victory and a slim commons majority making the government vulnerable to defeats by opposition ambushes and even small backbench rebellions.

A judge ruled that New York has met its «constitutional obligation» to provide enough aid to eight small - city schools, a key victory for the state in its fight with education groups over school funding.

Robert McCrum: Constance Briscoe's legal victory over her mother last week was a small triumph for sanity

The government claimed that securing a budget allocation for STI in 2010 of $ 297.3 million — a relatively small decline over the 2009 figure — is a victory and validation of its policy to place science at the heart of its economic policy and drive to create a «knowledge economy.»

And speaking of drinks, at Small Victory, you can find libations from all over the United States and the world like Hurricanes, Philadelphia Fish House Punch, and Singapore Slings.

A successful first raid on this event, followed by victory in the 1993 London to Sydney Rally, meant enthusiasts all over the world heard about Tuthill Porsche, leading them to the small workshop in Wardington, Oxfordshire where Francis built his adventure - focused Volkswagen cars and buses.

Adoption Centers New York City Department of Buildings — Certificate of Occupancy The City of New York - Department of Health: Certificate of Qualification, Shelter for Homeless Animals Dan's Papers — «Best Adoption Agency» on the East End and «platinum winner status» because of the wide margin of victory over the competition The Village Voice — «Best Pet - Lovers» in NYC Our Town, West Side Spirit and Our Town Downtown newspapers - «Best Place to Adopt a Small Dog in NYC» Winner East Region, 2012 Classy Awards - Animal Advocacy & Services Member, Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals Member, Pet Safe Coalition, LI Member, The Greater Westhampton Chamber of Commerce

While this latest CITES ruling is a small victory for elephant conservation in Africa, the fight to preserve this iconic species is long from over.

For the third month in a row, Microsoft's Xbox One outsold Sony's PlayStation 4 in the US - a small, but significant victory, given the extent to which global PS4 sales have spanked those of the Xbox One over the last three years.