Sentences with phrase «temporary victory»

While A New Hope is full of optimism and ends in a decisive, albeit temporary victory for the Rebels, The Empire Strikes Back is a journey full of twists and turns that introduces true, unparalleled darkness into the saga.

He is gorgeously cruel, spiteful and capricious — and unlike the Vader of old, he is given to petulant temper tantrums, with his lightsaber drawn, when uniformed subordinates have the unwelcome task of telling him of some new, temporary victory for the Resistance.

Defeating the proponents of embryonic research on their own utilitarian terms was worth doing, even if it is only a partial and temporary victory.

Win its hollow, temporary victories.

They were not to succeed for almost twenty years, but then they were to gain a temporary victory.

This is a temporary victory done by Satan with the hurricane Sandy by his side.

Based on the book of the same name by Ben Fountain, the story follows a soldier who comes home from the war in Iraq on a temporary victory tour.

When he starts looking a little tired, «accidentally» drop it into his grasp so he can have a temporary victory and take a break.

When the proposed Montreal pit bull ban was suspended on Oct. 5, the Montreal SPCA and pit bull advocates everywhere celebrated the temporary victory.

The key to being a happy villain in the Mushroom Kingdom is to enjoy the temporary victories, and take the inevitable Mario beatdown in stride.

Two environmental groups have at least a temporary victory to celebrate after a federal judge voided a permit, granted in 2005, for the expansion of a coal mine on Navajo land in New Mexico.

A temporary victory.

The DEA handed a temporary victory to the multimillion - dollar hemp food industry on February 7, one day after the deadline for disposing of hemp foods expired, in response to an Emergency Motion filed by the hemp industry.

While we thank Governor Cuomo and the Public Service Commissioners for a positive step forward, environmentalists concerned about the climate should recognize this as a temporary victory.