Sentences with phrase «viewed as a victory»

On behalf of the Department of Education, the New York Law Department provided a statement defending the policy: «We view this as a victory for the City's school children and their families.

The ruling will be viewed as a victory for eurosceptics, who had spoken out against the creeping influence of the Strasbourg court.

Others will view this as a victory of faith over intellect.

Although he was a defendant in the suit, the decision was viewed as a victory for Deasy, who has been a strident advocate for using test scores as one factor in teacher evaluations.

Bankman viewed this as a victory, but he didn't know whether the pilot would succeed.

The decision was viewed as a victory for business — including the real estate industry — which had complained in recent years about escalating jury awards for punitive damages.

Not exact matches

The watershed moment for Spencer and his National Policy Institute came just after the 2016 election that elevated Trump to the presidency — in a video from The Atlantic that was viewed by millions of people, Spencer was seen delivering a speech at an NPI conference in Washington, DC where he used Nazi salutes, imagery, and phrases to celebrate Trump's victory as a victory for his cause.

An overhaul of the U.S. tax system was approved in December 2017 and has been broadly viewed as a legislative victory for Trump in his first year in office.

An overhaul of the U.S. tax system was approved late last year and has been broadly viewed as a legislative victory for Trump.

Questions such as whether torture is permissible in Tolkien's world view, whether war is glorified (with a side - debate about how the films differ from the books in this respect), and how victory and defeat are characterised, are worth considering and will encourage readers to think more deeply about LOTR and appreciate how nuanced Tolkien's treatment of these issues is.

In fact, I see the decision as a victory for religious freedom in the sense that people whose religion supports and encourages same - sex unions will no longer be prohibited from practicing that important religious value simply because some of their neighbors hold a different view.

There is a necessary dimension of the tragic in our creaturehood (yes, I think it is a necessary dimension), because any kind of freedom or victory of the good without it would be shallow and unworthy of both God and humanity as they are viewed in Scripture.

With this view of the universe, this common sense of how it works, it is entirely reasonable to explain a thunderstorm as the anger of God, or a victory in battle as caused by favorable divine intervention.

But Professor Ogden's criticisms of Bultmann rest upon so substantial an agreement with the alternative he presents that one must view this final maneuver at the goal line, not as that of negating Bultmann, but of carrying his theological method to a surer victory in establishing a basis for a postliberal theology.

So as we wave flags on the Queen's birthday, get stuck into politics, cheer our country onto rare sporting victories and feel our hearts swell as we survey our favourite view, there is no need for guilt.

Eleven years later, with same - sex marriage now the law of the land thanks to the Supreme Court, transgender bathroom use mandatory in schools thanks to the Obama administration, and the drafting of women a serious (and Republican - supported) proposition for Congress, it's hard not to view Schlafly's anti-ERA victory as somewhat Pyrrhic.

Sorry, but as much as I am anxious to accept that a fight of nearly 10 yrs is over, I am not as fearful or bitter as those who would deny this victory because their political views make them too uncomfortable to acknowledge it.

It is also important to recognize that the real meaning and ground of the resurrection faith in the primitive church was not particular items in the tradition nor particular views as to how Christ's victory over death was accomplished.

a set of cosmological and anthropological views that owed not a little to the vast mélange of Hellenism and Orientalism flooding the world where he grew up, and providing him with the unique setting for still other ideas, of sin, Satan, death, of the sinful and therefore mortal nature of man — as «flesh» — of the «spiritual» forces arrayed against God and his Messiah and all the faithful, of the victory to be won by the Messiah when he should at last appear — all these ideas were shaped to the mold of certain half - Jewish, half - pagan ideas which Paul seems to have derived from the world about him.

Two generations ago, as England and the U.S. were congratulating themselves on their victory over the Nazis, C. S. Lewis warned his countrymen not to fall into attitudes that would create a purely instrumental view of human life.

There was an awful lot of those feelings and more on the pit wall after Vettel took victory in Melbourne and this video from above the pit garages gives a great view of their reaction as he crossed the line.

Cheers quickly turned to confusion as Ronda Rousey arrived right before Asuka chose her «Mania opponent, and the pay - per - view went off the air with the announcing team discussing Rousey's arrival and conveniently dismissing Asuka's victory.

I'll view UMBC's win as major college sports» greatest upset ever, because of the stage on which it happened and the flip - flopped margin of victory, and Chaminade's as the most unbelievable, because it's amazing the Silverswords landed a game against a DI power to begin with, let alone stayed within 50 points, let alone won.

While this was his first start as a nominal wingback — depending on how you actually viewed the formation Sunday — it was nevertheless reflective of his other highwater marks for Roma, namely in their 3 - 1 victory over Sassuolo and the 4 - 1 thrashing of Palermo, his former club.

It was Fulham's second successive draw of the season, which can be viewed in many lights, although Mark Hughes is still seeking his first competitive victory as Fulham boss but will target Saturday's trip top Blackpool as the ideal opportunity to end his wait for a Fulham win.

Rufus Taylor, president of the gun club, properly known as Lincoln Park Traps Inc., and other club members viewed the resolution as a small political victory giving them time to conduct meetings with the district «s staff.

These looming signs of woes have again necessitated discerning minds to conclude that if the nation eventually elects the right people in 2019, such victory shall be viewed as an unmerited success.

If you remember, Cuomo gave a loud and passionate speech shortly after Paladino's surprise victory in the Sept. 14th primary, which some viewed as blaring and shrill.

Wilson, a former hedge fund manager who has never before either run for or held elected office, is widely viewed by many Republicans as their best chance at statewide victory this fall.

Many Republican members of Congress are dismissing Democrat Conor Lamb's apparent special election victory in a GOP - dominated Pennsylvania district as a one - off, giving a number of reasons for his strong performance — from a poor campaign run by his opponent to the Democrat's notably conservative views.

Relations between India and Bangladesh began to sour almost simultaneously with the victory celebrations of December 1971, and India came to view Bangladesh as a problem.

The link between the Lib Dems» victory in Ribble Valley and the abolition of the poll tax is not a straight line - after all, John Major had already promised change - but it is widely viewed as one of the key catalysts for the abrupt about - face.

According to the Financial Times: «his views — higher taxes, mass nationalisation, more welfare, more borrowing — are seen as toxic by New Labour veterans, who prophesy a repeat of Michael Foot's disastrous leadership in the early 1980s that led to a landslide 1983 election victory for Margaret Thatcher».

What this victory will give May (as well as the chance to crush Labour before it comes to its senses and gets itself a new leader) is a whole bunch of new Tory backbenchers who, whatever their views on Europe and other issues, will know full well that they owe their place on the green benches mainly to her.

This was about charisma, as Galloway's victory in Bradford was, and should be viewed through that prism.

[63] Despite opinion polls indicating a strong Labour lead, opinion polls were then viewed as a novelty which had not proven their worth, and most commentators expected that Churchill's prestige and status as a «war hero» would ensure a comfortable Conservative victory.

Before Turner's victory, the district had been widely viewed as the top candidate for eradication as Democrats and Republicans face the need to axe two House seats.

The #ReleaseMarquis Campaign wants the age of criminal responsibility hiked and views the Common Council's unanimous passage of the #RaiseTheAge Resolution as a victory.

City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal viewed the reduction in residents as a small victory, but said she's «disappointed that DHS has moved forward with the contract.»

While some transit advocates view the governor's recent embrace of the MTA as a victory, not all are reassured by the promise of capital funding.

In a nice touch, Whedon even incorporates a little arthouse element into the proceedings as Scarlet Witch forces Tony Stark to view an uncertain future, Captain America to experience a World War II victory dance he never got to attend and Ms. Romanoff to live through an especially painful period in her life.

Though it'll be interesting to see whether the behind the scenes problems (including a bloated budget and reported head butting between Forster and star Brad Pitt) have bled onto the film, if the finished product is any bit as good as the source material promises, Paramount will surely view it as a small victory regardless of its box office performance.

Many are viewing Thursday's Supreme Court affirmation of the Fifth Circuit's decision to allow University of Texas to consider race in admissions in the Fisher v. University of Texas case as a victory.

Coming in the wake of the Nov. 8 Republican victories, the dismissal of Dr. Elders last month was widely viewed as part of the larger conservative shift in Washington.

When President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) last December, it was viewed as a substantial victory in education policy.

It was a victory for many Republicans and teachers unions, who were allied in their mission to undercut what they viewed as prescriptive, top - down regulation and intrusion into local schools.

Porsche views «hybrid» as being as synonymous with performance as with sustainability, pointing to the victory of the 919 Hybrid in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 2015 and 2016.

«If we've gotten to the point where self publishing is viewed as equivalent to traditional publishing by those who have sampled both, and those biased towards traditional publishing see this as a victory (and spin it that way), then we've come a long, long way.»

This is exactly the relief Wintergreen requested in its complaint against the Defendants and Wintergreen views the settlement as a complete victory, both for itself and for all CTO shareholders.

The AVMA may still view declawing as a decision that rests with a cat's owner, but that fact they will now willing to explain to owners that the surgery is an amputation and offer alternatives, is a victory!