Sentences with phrase «than a successful blow»

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In a TED talk a few years ago, political scientist Erica Chenoweth talked about her research comparing nonviolent and violent campaigns, and she said that while she used to believe that violent resistance was more successful than nonviolent resistance, the data she collected blew her away and changed her mind forever.

Arsenal have now started the short run of pre-season games in preparation for the tough start to a crucial Premier League season in which the pressure on Arsene Wenger and the players to mount a serious title challenge is greater than ever after blowing what appeared to be a golden chance last time around and with the gap since our last successful campaign now more than 12 years.

It is the result of successful partnership with the Aaron Vaccar Company, modifying more than 20 technical features in all, such as the boostec GTX turbocharger, the R50 blow - off valve and the AEM air intake system.

A successful Kickstarter, now with more than 11,000 backers, easily blew past the team's initial $ 12,500 goal.

Take a law firm for instance... (T) here is a disincentive for lawyers to act in a way that assures the long - term interest of the firm, because acting in the long - term interests of the firm will reduce the amount of money that each lawyer makes in the short term... And success further compounds the problem... (E) ach successful year perpetuates a sense that this is the correct model... This gives law firms a distorted sense of reality... (where) greed rather than proper business practice, is driving pricing to clients... (and creates) a firm that (will) be blown apart by the greed of a new group of partners... years from now (pp. 115 - 16).