Sentences with phrase «symbolic victory»

Gannett claims symbolic victory for its no - confidence vote against Tribune Publishing management

Democrats also won a major symbolic victory in Nevada as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) defeated former state assemblywoman Sharron Angle (R).

I suspect deselections will turn out to be a damp squib with a few symbolic victories but not enough to truly alter the overall shape of the Parliamentary party or more than a handful of councils.

To all who think this is a isolated incident, that this isn't Islams method of gaining foothold in an area they would see as a symbolic victory, you just need to look at what is still happening in London where they are battling the «Mega Mosque».

And a symbolic victory in this kind of war is a real victory.

If nothing else, the Shield provides a symbolic victory, a significant morale boost going into any season, and a stage to show off for new signings.

As friends and advisers of the governor see it, Cuomo enters the discussion of top - tier presidential contenders in a party that hasn't just gotten used to symbolic victories; it has become comfortable with even symbolic losses.

The endorsement is a symbolic victory for Specter in his Democratic primary battle against Rep. Joe Sestak — the former Navy admiral running to Specter's left — and will help protect Specter from critics who have questioned his commitment to the party.

Coal only provides about 4 percent of the state's power, but closing down the dirtiest power plant is a symbolic victory for environmentalists.

The Gill Action Fund, on the other hand, wants a win and is arguing against a vote if all it will be is a symbolic victory.

The symbolic victory was the Conservatives in claiming the leader's seat was dampened by the loss of their own leader, Mr Moulton, whose Freemantle ward seat went to Labour by a majority of 220 votes.

The Senate plan also didn't include de Blasio's proposed pre-K tax, though the mayor celebrated its $ 540 billion commitment to New York City as a symbolic victory.

The drive to ban reparative therapy is understandable, but apart for the symbolic victory, I worry it won't have the intended effect.

It is a celebrated, symbolic victory that we have nicknamed the «Miracle on Ice,» which inspired the 2004 film Miracle with Kurt Russell.

Pedro Noguera, who directs UCLA's Center for the Study of School Transformation, said last week's election results were «more of a symbolic victory than something that is actually going to have an impact.»

Rail is not as safe a method of moving oil as pipelines are, but who cares about safety when there are symbolic victories to be had?

«While groups opposed to the safe and sustainable transportation of products such as oil by pipeline may try to claim a symbolic victory, it's important to focus on what is at stake,» Girling said in a statement.

Those actions alone did more to reduce emissions than the symbolic victories of passing a watered - down cap - and - trade bill or shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline would have.

It can just hope for a symbolic victory that it can try to use for PR purposes.

Digital rights campaigners are celebrating a small, symbolic victory, with the country's Senate voting to protect the integrity of cryptography.