Sentences with phrase «victory and defeat for»

An alternating current of victory and defeat for favorites appears to be the persistent theme of conference play as races gather momentum around the country.

I will save an accounting of my victories and defeats for later posts, but I still have a printout of Jay Greene's early email counsel about my school board enthusiasms (expressed in this Education Week essay in 2009) taped to a long - dead computer screen:

Not exact matches

On the surface, the share price collapse marks a victory for short sellers and a painful (and unfair, some argue) defeat for long - time shareholders.

In Chapter four of Art of War, Sun Tzu wrote that «he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.»

Yet when such polarities are vying for our attention, there is no doubt that the chaos of it all threatens to overwhelm us with shouts of victory, eruptions of defeat and visions of rubble.

After felicitously noting that for Soloveitchik «victory and defeat are of equal value,» he succumbs to the natural pull of a more one - sided, hierarchical position, writing that the motion of submissive retreat «is inherently endowed with holiness,» while «the act of advance is not in itself holy,» and so must be «imbued with this quality through the willingness to accept defeat.»

Last night was a victory for rational thought and equality, and a stunning defeat for those who use religion to control others and inspire hate and fear.

I «prayed» to my gods and got what I asked for — Obama victory, approval of same s3x marriage, defeat of Akin and Mourdock — so maybe there is something to «prayer»...

For the true sportsman every contest is a new beginning: he carries no burdens of earlier defeat and wears no garlands of prior victory; he plays each game solely for itself, as if there were no othFor the true sportsman every contest is a new beginning: he carries no burdens of earlier defeat and wears no garlands of prior victory; he plays each game solely for itself, as if there were no othfor itself, as if there were no other.

«WE HAVE THE VICTORY» For those struggling with thoughts of unforgiveness and attacks on the mind especially deceiving thoughts and doubts these are from satan in the word they are called fiery darts we are to quench those darts by faith so we need to read the word and believe that Gods word is true.We also have the victory over these thoughts because when we accept Jesus the holy spirit dwells within us so satan does nt have authority over us he can not rule what belongs to God he can only deceive.We can not defeat the enemy in our strength we need the holy spirit when we try and overcome him in our strength we struggle especially with our thoughs and in the area of sin.If you are having evil thoughts or doubts commit your way unto the Lord and let him fight your battle.Tell the enemy he has no authority over you that you are under the covering of Jesus Christ and when you have doubts memorise verses on faith ie greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.The holy spirit is just like Jesus talk to him be friends with him he helps us to live like Christ and gives us the power to do it.We are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ who strengthens us.VICTORY» For those struggling with thoughts of unforgiveness and attacks on the mind especially deceiving thoughts and doubts these are from satan in the word they are called fiery darts we are to quench those darts by faith so we need to read the word and believe that Gods word is true.We also have the victory over these thoughts because when we accept Jesus the holy spirit dwells within us so satan does nt have authority over us he can not rule what belongs to God he can only deceive.We can not defeat the enemy in our strength we need the holy spirit when we try and overcome him in our strength we struggle especially with our thoughs and in the area of sin.If you are having evil thoughts or doubts commit your way unto the Lord and let him fight your battle.Tell the enemy he has no authority over you that you are under the covering of Jesus Christ and when you have doubts memorise verses on faith ie greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.The holy spirit is just like Jesus talk to him be friends with him he helps us to live like Christ and gives us the power to do it.We are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ who strengthens us.victory over these thoughts because when we accept Jesus the holy spirit dwells within us so satan does nt have authority over us he can not rule what belongs to God he can only deceive.We can not defeat the enemy in our strength we need the holy spirit when we try and overcome him in our strength we struggle especially with our thoughs and in the area of sin.If you are having evil thoughts or doubts commit your way unto the Lord and let him fight your battle.Tell the enemy he has no authority over you that you are under the covering of Jesus Christ and when you have doubts memorise verses on faith ie greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.The holy spirit is just like Jesus talk to him be friends with him he helps us to live like Christ and gives us the power to do it.We are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ who strengthens us.brentnz

Reinhold Niebuhr, for example, wrote an exuberant review of Science and the Modern World in which he saw Whitehead's philosophy as «exactly the emphasis which modern religion needs to rescue it from defeat on the one hand and from a too costly philosophical victory on the other.

This victory of process thinkers begins to look like the victory of the quantum physicists, who accepted history and helped defeat classical physics, but then realized that this was the kind of accomplishment after which «you smile for months and then you weep for years.»

And from there it is another short step to «God allows all kinds of prayers» - for victory in battle, for the defeat of enemies, for the smashing of a corrupt political regime, for the removal of a hated social or economic system.

Therein is based our faith on Jesus Christ, in that we CAN NOT (in our sinful nature) obey the whole law of God (or even the first law, imho) without Him, and with Him even when we stumble, he will set us back on the path, because he has defeated sin and death and has won for us a victory.

Children compete fiercely with one another as they grow, but in a family that works, their competitive drives give way to cooperative ones so that a victory for one member of the family becomes a victory for all and a defeat for one is a defeat for all.

Gramsci sees the victory of Cavour and the moderates as a «passive revolution,» a victory of the ruling classes that the moderates organically and effectively represented but a defeat for the people.

On 15 May, a series of encounters between the armies of the peasants and of four rulers who had united to defeat them, was capped by a final and total victory for the latter at Frankenhausen.

England have already been eliminated from the tournament and currently sit bottom of the group after defeats to Italy and Norway, and they go into their final encounter with hosts Israel looking to notch up a victory for pride's sake alone.

For those who still adore him — and he received a greater ovation in defeat than Cohoes did in victory — there is one historically proved consolation.

With his teddy bear in its proper place on the bench and a piece of bubble gum for every anticipated victory filling his hip pocket, Bryant extended his personal winning streak to eight games by defeating New York 2 - 1 and Philadelphia 4 - 3.

Medel, Vidal, Beausejour and Claudio Bravo were there in 2008 when Chile defeated Argentina 1 - 0 for their first ever victory over them.

The 35 - point victory for the Seahawks was the third - largest margin of victory in the Super Bowl and largest since the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills, 52 - 17, in Super Bowl XXVII.

Syracuse seemed ripe for a collapse after losing Billy Owens and LeRon Ellis to the NBA; instead Syracuse was off to a 6 - 0 start that included an 89 - 71 victory over Florida State on Dec. 3 and an 89 - 72 defeat of previously unbeaten TCU last Saturday.

Kansas Statesliced Missouri's conference lead to a game and a half by defeating Colorado65 - 58, as Ed Nealy pulled down 16 rebounds and Tyrone Adams scored 20 points.In their earlier victory over Nebraska, the Wildcats established a Big Eightrecord for field - goal accuracy (77.1 %) by sinking 27 of 35 shots.

The win marked the largest margin of victory for the Knights this season and Colorado's worst defeat this season.

For instance, 19 of the 44 Baylor players and 11 of the 44 Tennessee players had wives, many of whom came to the game and helped celebrate the victory or soften the defeat, as shown on these two pages.

After the shock defeat at home to Burnley in their opening EPL game Chelsea have bounced back strongly and won all four since, including an away victory at Tottenham and Leicester and at home to Everton, so you have to say they are doing well and for that reason the Gunners must approach Sunday's league meeting with caution.

The only player to have featured in all eight matches is Varane, who has been present for all five victories, the two draws and the defeat to the Selecao.

All Arsenal fans everywhere probably breathed a big sigh of relief as Arsenal cruised to a 4 - 0 victory in the FA Cup Final on Saturday, and there was no sign of any nerves at all from the players, but Arsene Wenger admitted to a few nerves himself and that a defeat would have been a disaster for his side.

A loss for his team, and though it won't have mattered much in the aftermath of such a crushing defeat, a personal victory for Saúl.

The Gunners eased through a tough last - 16 tie against Milan 5 - 1 on aggregate, having gone into the first leg on a run of four straight defeats, and they are long odds - on for a home victory against CSKA Moscow in the quarter - finals.

Having 3 victory with 4 defeats and 2 drawn so far in 9 matches for West Bromwich Albion.

Victory for Cagliari snaps a three - game winless run and elevates them into mid-table, while Roma's first league defeat since December 4 sees them fall further off the pace of fifth - placed Inter Milan.

Goals from Ruben Loftus - Cheek, Alexandre Pato and a brace from Pedro gave the Blues a much needed victory, and it condemned Villa to a seventh consecutive defeat for a second time this season.

Clinching their third straight Bundesliga crown this weekend courtesy of a 1 - 0 home victory over a surprisingly resilient Hertha Berlin and second - placed Wolfsburg's identical scoreline defeat at Gladbach, Bayern Munich now have no fewer than 25 domestic championships in the strong room and looking at the season's tale of the tape — just two defeats, 24 wins out of 30, 77 goals scored and only 13 conceded — the competitive deficit in today's top - flight is there for all to see.

Having defeated their greatest rivals on Tuesday, you would be forgiven for thinking that everything was rosy at the Bernabeu and Spain's self proclaimed greatest club would be celebrating victory.

Former Chelsea man Romelu Lukaku scored and set up the winner for Jesse Lingard in a 2 - 1 defeat for Conte's team, whose bid for a Champions League place was further hit by victories for Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.

Last season and Conte got revenge for defeat early in the season with a comprehensive victory during our march to the title.

Despite the need for victory Arsenal need to avoid defeat here even more and their away games this season point to it being a low scoring game.

That victory ended a wretched run of five defeats and three draws in the previous eight games to prove once again that league position and form can count for nothing in a London derby.

Robinson missed the victory over Gillingham and Thursday's defeat to promotion - chasing Blackburn with a groin injury and faces a race against time to be fit for Monday's clash.

Arsenal, Tottenham and the two Manchester clubs will be hoping for a Chelsea defeat as they look to bridge the gap at the top of the table with victories in their games.

At the last end of the games PSG goal Keeper defeats a penalty kick and saved PSG for a lowest difference victory.

At home, however, Mark Hughes» men are yet to taste defeat in the league during 2011, winning six of seven at Craven Cottage and are searching for their fourth consecutive home win on Monday following eye - catching victories over Blackburn (3 - 2), Blackpool (3 - 0) and, more recently, Bolton (3 - 0).

«London — Germany procured a smash - and - grab 1 - 0 victory over England in a friendly at Wembley on Tuesday, consigning their old rivals to successive home defeats for the first time since 1977.»

This will be just the third ever Premiership meeting between the two sides yet already, just five games into the season, it's a pivotal one between free - falling Bolton, who have now lost three games on the spin in the league following their emphatic 5 - 0 home defeat at the hands of Manchester United last weekend, and a Norwich side still looking for their first Premiership victory for well over six years − it has been a great deal longer since they were victorious on their travels, mind.

Dundee United defeated St Mirren for the second time at home this season and this victory, while offering much - needed cheer for the long suffering ho...

Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba claimed eight points for Africa with 8:57.53 for 3000m victory and the continent also took maximum points in the men's 1500m as world indoor champion Ayanleh Souleiman defeated world champ Asbel Kiprop 3:48.91 to 3:49.10.

Defeat by a Dutch team in the doldrums appeared highly unlikely for long stretches of the match, only for lax defending and a pair of disputed refereeing decisions to deliver victory for Danny Blind's team.

And, just for good measure, the Brighton victory also marked the 45th different club that Wenger has defeated in the Premier League.