Sentences with phrase «victory years in the making»

The seniors at the Baruch Addition public housing complex bundled up this afternoon and joined State Sen. Daniel Squadron to celebrate a victory years in the making.

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Essentially, he will be trying to argue that slashing taxes for corporations is in line with the populist «Make America Great Again» message that drove his surprise election victory last year.

Three hundred years after its appearance Christianity was the recognized state religion in the Roman World Empire, and in barely sixty years socialism has won itself a position which makes its victory absolutely certain.17

The 22 year old already has 10 international goals, and made history and became the darling of his nation by scoring in Poland's first ever victory over Germany.

However, she already has improved her best 400 by 1.35 seconds this year and has replayed the Arcadia loss in her head countless times, searching for ways to make up that 0.06 of a second that deprived her of victory.

It's perfectly fine if this is the end: A-Rod is one of the greatest players in baseball history, a lightning rod in the industry well before PEDs ever came up, and he did his time when he was caught with them, anyway — well, when MLB obstructed a federal investigation to make sure he was caught with them so Bud Selig could use his last year as commissioner as a victory lap, but who remembers such unimportant details?

Three years of brilliant performances make Jones the 100 - and 200 - meter favorite at the trials, especially with Miller — who has not looked sharp in recent European races — saying last week that she is running merely to make the team in Sacramento, with victory in Sydney as her larger goal.

Boston Doge, flashy little unbeaten 3 - year - old sprinter, sped to easy 2 1/2 - length victory in six - furlong $ 34,300 Governor's Gold Cup at Bowie, Md. for 10th straight win, brought earnings to $ 85,720, once again made Andolino brothers glad they were unable to sell him for $ 7,500 last year.

The 30 - year - old scored twice against reigning champions Spain in a shock 5 - 1 victory in their opening group game, and his equaliser in the 44th minute was the strike that made history, as he became the first Dutch player to score at three consecutive World Cup tournaments.

The comfortable 2 - 0 home victory against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup was made possible by a scintillating first half which not only blew away their Championship opponents, but also illustrated just how ruthless Arsenal have become since the turn of the year.

The 30 - year - old would no doubt be expensive and has little re-sale value as he is set to turn 31 next season, but he made himself a real hit in the Premier League earlier in his career as he helped guide Ferguson's side to three consecutive title wins, as well as a victory in the Champions League final against Chelsea in 2008.

The 19 - year - old forward has made seven substitute appearances for Arsenal this season, winning a penalty in the 5 - 0 victory over Aston Villa at the start of February following an impressive performance in Arsenal's FA Cup fourth - round tie against Brighton and Hove Albion the week before.

Pancho Gonzales, making good use of tremendous serve and all - court agility, beat Tony Trabert for 51st time in 66 matches at Atlanta, clinched victory in 100 - match Pro Tennis Tour, $ 25,000 bonus and contract for next year.

The stirring upset victory by the 1980 U.S. hockey team, recounted in this SI Classic, made those Olympians our Sportsmen of the Year

This year he makes his Kuerten call ranked No. 9 but is still in search of his first»98 victory.

Also for the first time, two of these teams are ours, making North America the favorite to retain the bowl that the Dallas Aces captured last year in Stockholm after a 16 - year American victory drought.

THE PRIDES OF THE WAYWARD BUSES When Atlanta pitcher Zane Smith couldn't make his scheduled Aug. 5 start in San Diego, 29 - year - old Cliff Speck and 28 - year - old Ed Olwine — who between them had 18 full minor league seasons and 17 major league appearances — combined to beat the Padres 3 - 2 for the first victory and save of their respective careers.

A victory would make two titles in three years for a program that's long been one of the sport's most consistent winners.

The Bulldogs have already made the road trip to Hawaii in a road victory earlier this year, and should be fully motivated after failing to make a bowl the previous two seasons.

Danny - Ric is the hottest property on the driver market for next year and his clinical victory in the Chinese Grand Prix is only going to make the likes of Mercedes and Ferrari want him even more.

The role of the fans at this juncture it our club's history appears lost of most individuals who frequent this site following a victory... I'll explain further, but first I must state that I have cared for this club dearly for the better part of 35 years, so my critique is both measured and carefully considered... there is certainly nothing wrong with celebrating a victory, regardless of the circumstances, but making wild predictions or fawning over players after a lacklustre win solves very little, if anything it enables those in charge to continue down the road too frequently traveled

The victory over Aston Villa at Wembley last May made the Gunners the most successful team in the competition with 12 wins, after the year before had seen us draw level with Manchester United on 11.

The 18 - year - old made his debut in the 3 - 2 victory over Arsenal, featuring for 35 minutes, before playing the full 90 as United saw off Watford 1 - 0 in EPL action at the beginning of March.

The 18 year - old made his senior debut for the Gunners in last week's Europa League victory over Bate Borisov, coming from the bench to replace Reiss Nelson, and is being tipped to make the step - up into the first - team squad.

And the 24 - year - old rounded off the victory with her third goal in two days to make it 4 - 1, although Canada did pull one back with a penalty corner of their own with the final play of the game.

The 26 - year - old has now made 31 appearances in Europe's elite club cup competition, including last night's 1 - 0 victory at Benfica.

However, after making an explosive start in the Red Devils» 2003 Community Shield victory over Arsenal, the much - travelled 33 - year - old ultimately failed to live up to his billing, and was sold to Aston Villa two years later.

Although Cheltenham are relative newcomers to the football league there have been a cluster of Hammer's connections with Cheltenham over the years: former West Ham players Bobby Gould and Martin Allen both briefly sat in the manager's seat at Whaddon Road in 2003 and 2008 respectively; Michail Antonio made his senior league debut for Cheltenham, while on loan from Reading, during Allen's reign; West Ham academy players Jamie Victory, Grant McCann, Josh Payne, Emmanuel Onariase and current U21 star Alex Pike all had loan spells with Cheltenham with Victory and McCann going on to enjoy extended careers with The Robins.

One - club man Totti made his debut as a 16 - year - old in a 2 - 0 victory away to Brescia on March 28, 1993, and helped Roma win Serie A in 2001.

At the age of 16 years and 256 days, Jack Wilshere made history, as he became the youngest ever premier league debutant for Arsenal, coming on in the late stages of a comprehensive victory over Blackburn Rovers.

The final two changes saw both Terence Kongolo and Elias Kachunga make welcome returns to the team in the respective places of Scott Malone and Collin Quaner - Kachunga making a first starting appearance of the calendar year having last turned out (and scored) in the pre-Christmas victory at Watford.

Liverpool got there for the first time in 10 years with a 5 - 1 aggregate victory over runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City but will not under - estimate Roma who on paper are the weakest side left but made the last four for the first time since 1984 — the season they ironically lost to Liverpool in the final — by knocking out Barcelona this week with a stunning comeback.

But the 19 - year - old striker made amends for his needless handball to score his fifth goal in nine appearances for United, and rescue them a 1 - 1 draw which leaves them joint - second in Group B. Wolfsburg are top of the pile following a 1 - 0 victory over PSV Eindhoven — Bas Dost with the only goal.

Gomes, making his full debut the following season, became the youngest Manchester United player, in more than 15 years, to score a hat - trick, which was achieved in the 2015/16 season against Newcastle United in a 5 - 1 victory.

And Vinny, who has battled back from several long injury lay - offs over the last few years and delivered a man - of - the - match display to lead City to a third League Cup success in five years, also admitted it made victory taste all the sweeter.

Victory with Bayern would make him just the fifth player to win the competition with two different clubs in consecutive years, after Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa, Gerard Pique and Samuel Eto'o.

Last year saw the Kenyan miss out on the course record by just four seconds, but he will need to see off his countrymen Patrick Makau, who holds the marathon world record of 2:03:38, and Geoffrey Mutai, who will be making his London Marathon debut, if he is to claim victory in 2013.

Tuanzebe has made just three appearances for United this season, starting in the 2 - 0 victory over Swansea City in the Carabao Cup in October and coming on as a substitute twice in the 2 - 1 victory over CSKA Moscow and the 2 - 0 victory over Everton on New Year's Day.

They've been imperious at home this season, where they are undefeated in 26, winning 23, and although Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed he will make a number of changes from the side which comfortably secured victory in the first leg over in Germany, the 69 - year - old has assured fans that the defence will still posses plenty of experience, which is a smart move on his part, as so long as United don't concede, a feat they've achieved in 15 of 26 home games this season, they'll sail through.

Given the city's overwhelming Democratic voter enrollment edge, Brown is headed toward an all - but - certain victory in the November election, which will make him just the second mayor in Buffalo history to win a fourth four - year term.

While our colleagues in Scotland have gone from one poor election result to the next, faced with a similar situation in 1997 the Welsh Conservatives have made significant progress, bouncing back to increase our share of the vote at each general election since and increasing our representation, taking 8 seats this year - two more than than in John Major's surprise election victory in 1992.

Meanwhile, victories by Democrats Mary Gay Scanlon and Madeleine Dean in hard - fought suburban Philadelphia congressional primaries made it more likely that Pennsylvania will send women to Congress next year.

Trump achieved a significant legislative victory after nearly a year of humiliating defeats in Congress, making good on his promise to deliver what he called a «big, beautiful» tax cut before Christmas and finally demonstrating the political power of unified Republican control in Washington.

In conclusion, McMorrow said: «All of the victories our community has achieved in the past 20 years have happened when all of our groups work well together and do not allow minor differences to stand in the way from making progress on issues important to our communitIn conclusion, McMorrow said: «All of the victories our community has achieved in the past 20 years have happened when all of our groups work well together and do not allow minor differences to stand in the way from making progress on issues important to our communitin the past 20 years have happened when all of our groups work well together and do not allow minor differences to stand in the way from making progress on issues important to our communitin the way from making progress on issues important to our community.

Warner took a major risk by making the November gubernatorial election a referendum on his four years in office and was rewarded when Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine (D) won a surprisingly strong victory.

And a DeBlasio victory on November 5 would make him the first Democrat to win a mayoral election in nearly 25 years.

One of those hopefuls is 29 - year - old Gareth Rhodes, who this week demonstrated that he has strong support in New York's LGBTQ community, having made many friends from his days in Cuomo's press shop beginning in the period that led up to the 2011 victory of marriage equality in the state.

The groups making independent expenditures this year in the election include the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) $ 1,963,638; the Chamber of Commerce of the U.S. $ 800,000; the American Action Network Inc. $ 439,018; American Crossroads $ 415,814; the NRA of America Political Victory Fund $ 107,692; and the YG Network $ 121,621.

«This news is a victory for all New Yorkers who have dedicated their lives for the past six years to keep fracking out of New York,» said Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for governor in November, who made fracking a central part of his campaign....

It took Tony Blair just three years from his rise to the Labour leadership in 1994 to turn these years of habitual defeat into a moment of colossal, crushing victory in which the same Labour activists who had soldiered so miserably for so long became all - conquering electoral troops who, as Blair puts it in one of the phrases that make his book A Journey so readable, «scattered our enemies in the imaginations of their hearts».