Sentences with phrase «spun as a victory»

While this is usually spun as a victory against intrusive moralists, in expanding the free speech right the Court nonetheless threw under the bus those people particularly susceptible to becoming consumed by obscenity.

Nor is it OK for Al Gore to spin this as a victory for the people of Australia.

I'd guess that M&M will probably spin this as a victory, but I don't think this would be justified.

Not exact matches

Get behind the team FFS, don't look for excuses to spin an away CL victory and a draw against our bitter rivals as anything more than disappointing.

Jonny was taking a victory lap on a puzzle he already knew, which is basically just spinning up as much money as possible and then solving it.

Just 20 laps after his spin he took the lead from Andretti, this time for good, and romped home to score a dramatic and famous victory in a race that has since become known as the «spin and win».

That was their third win on the spin, following up impressive victories over Burnley in the Fifth Round but also Liverpool, beating a then in - form Reds side impressively, as well as comprehensively, 3 - 1.

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.

At any rate, winning parties will try and spin their victories as heroic and losing parties will attempt to spin their losses as hope for the future.

The spin doctors are madly at work trying to frame this as their victory.

That's happened because Ed's recent victory surprised many, not least his brother and his brother's supporters, and some of Ed's people see a need to spin away the role played in Ed's victory by the two - thirds of the electorate who voted as union members, hence the suggestion that Labour «supporters» be added in some way to the electorate.

Green America first offered up the new spin on the Victory Bond idea in 2009 as something people on both sides of the political spectrum could get behind.

There were some victories, we laid the groundwork for further work, and our reform coalition is well armed to continue with our agenda, but as much as I would like to put a positive spin on the overall outcome for our priorities, it is difficult to find a basis for a grade higher than a D.

«If we've gotten to the point where self publishing is viewed as equivalent to traditional publishing by those who have sampled both, and those biased towards traditional publishing see this as a victory (and spin it that way), then we've come a long, long way.»

Striding through the icy tunnels of Hoth as Darth Vader, cutting down rebel scum with ease; battling the Imperial forces on the forest moon of Endor as Luke Skywalker while the Empire's dreaded AT - AT stomps ever closer to victory; watching as a X-Wing comes screaming downwards for a perfect strafing run on an AT - ST; feeling a chill run down my spin as a team - mate is suddenly yanked up into the air and choked to death, the sure sign that I'm seconds away from death as Darth Vader himself comes into view; defending an AT - AT as nothing more than a Stormtrooper, witnessing raging battle on both land in the sky.

Tennis is also a bit naff, wielding an invisible racquet as you try and spin and smash your way to victory.

Each bot possesses a unique personality and special abilities, which players use to claim victory as they spin from one challenging arena to the next, battling for dominance.

The decision to grant Perry the award marks a rareTurner victory for traditional arts, as the winner puts his own spin on an ancient decorative form.

I just wait for everyone to spin major increases in ethanol as a victory for the environment.