Sentences with phrase «win a losing war»

Ngcobo co-curated «Rope - a-dope: to win a losing war» (2010) at Cabinet, New York, «Second Coming, a curatorial collaboration» at Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, and «Just How Cold Was It?»

In 2010 she co-curated rope - a-dope: to win a losing war at Cabinet in New York.

Not exact matches

Despite its advantages in number of troops (many of them under - armed and malnourished) and artillery, the North has no real ability to fight and win a war against the South, though it could surely cause a lot of damage in a lost war.

When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win.

In my view, the Chinese would not be terribly upset to see the US dragged into a war that would weaken Washington if it lost and would cause massive casualties on all sides if it won.

If either side wins the war for advertising, marketing will lose.

For entrepreneurs, delegating might not mean the difference between winning or losing a civil war, but it can mean the difference between your venture's success and failure.

Just don't win the battle and lose the war.»

«I got into this race to put forward a plan to win a war we can not afford to lose and to turn back the tide of isolationism that was rising in our party,» he said.

Business is a holy war that the client must win and the competition must lose.

Still, for opponents of violent games, it's a battle won in a lost war.

Presumably, Ross believes that the U.S. has been «losing» the war and the job of the new administration is to «win» it.

With the advent of highly competitive pricing tools, winning the online pricing war can be a lose - lose for ecommerce retailers.

So if your social extensions resulted in thousands of people clicking on your ads but no one actually buying anything from you, you would win the battle but lose the war (more specifically, you would be making money for Google but not for your business).

Here's a clue: when it comes to investing, they don't mind losing the battles, confident they will win the war.

When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win, President Trump tweeted Friday morning.

One way or another — near - war, fight a war, win a war or especially when a side «loses» a war — it's not good for the dollar.

Obsessing about CTR without regard for conversion rate, for example, is just one example of winning the QS battle but losing the search engine marketing profitability war.

Such a tactic will allow the critics to win the battle, but lose the war because it concedes the Modern outlook.

Albert Shanker and the American Federation of Teachers may have won some of the battles in Brooklyn, but they lost the larger war, as American liberalism, forced to choose between maintaining its classic emphasis on a race - blind society and keeping pace with the new black militancy, eventually chose the latter.

For one thing â $ «he has won our admiration â $ «because even if he lost the war, we give him credit for his bravery on the battlefield.

From the perspective of a layman, it seems important that whoever wins Syria's civil war, ISIS must lose.

It is a perfect example of where the government won the battle but lost the war.

In a war that has no clear moral purpose, where it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe or soldier from civilian and where it is forbidden by one's superiors either to win or to lose — such a war impels even fairly decent people to commit atrocities.

As for using it to condemn gays it always has it just that a man from the APA decided to lie and distort the truth, thats the problem moron.You side with man and hope he wins, well he may win the battle but he will lose the war.

He may win the battle but lose the war.

Though Blankenhorn believes his side won the battle in the late 1980s and 1990s over whether marriage is key to children's well - being (many now agree it is), he fears losing the war.

But the History of the Peloponnesian War is largely concerned with Athenian immoderation and imprudence» and, above all, with its worship of dynamism and power, which won many campaigns but eventually lost the wWar is largely concerned with Athenian immoderation and imprudence» and, above all, with its worship of dynamism and power, which won many campaigns but eventually lost the warwar.

We've actually lost or tied more wars than we've won and our economic prosperity has been on the backs of the poor and disadvantaged.

The Bible lost in 1865 when the North won the war and slaves were freed.

Reagan's straightforward definition of an acceptable end to the Cold War — «We win, they lose» — would have earned him a thumping «F» in any conflict - resolution seminar.

He may underestimate the crucial role played by American air power and special forces that turned the tide of the Northern Alliance's losing war effort in 2001, but he is nonetheless correct that the war is ultimately the Afghans» to win or lose.

But that war has largely been won, and we are now in danger of «losing the peace.»

Wednesday's post, «How to win a culture war and lose a generation,» shattered every record in my blogging history.

«You may win some short term battles, but you are destined to lose your war.»

imposed the death penalty for praying to any diety, that either the country, or the country it was fighting against, would win the war, or lose the war that they were engaged in.This was to protect the country from the influence of the church.

Still, be happy for the WARs he won, not the WARs he lost.

The Cambodians made it out of the group stage with a win and a loss, and then lost narrowly to eventual champions Iran in the semifinals; not bad for a country in the middle of a civil war.

For Honduras, if it loses to the U.S., it would face a must - win game at El Salvador four days later — 40 years after their Soccer War.

There is no big advantage to winning one battle if you lose the war anyway, which has happened in our last four meetings with Bayern.

We lost but we will win the war for 4th place And finish ahead of Spurs I honestly believe we won't drop lower and we will claw our way back to 4th.

When you're trading half your roster and all of your assets for a superstar that A) doesn't want to be there longterm, B) is recovering from a potentially chronic injury, and C) has never won an MVP... maybe fighting that battle means you've already lost the war.

Fan support is vital to any team either in winning or losing unfortunately arsenal fans are loggerheads to the point of being a civil war and you know who to blame the spineless board and the manager, I'm not advocating being nasty to wenger but should have insisted on certain parameters being met, it's OK he did well on keeping the club on good financial level when we moved to the Emirates and then should have moved him upstairs 2 - 3 years ago and that would have cemented his legacy but now things are just stagnant and desperately trying to find a way out

Liverpool may have won the battle against Stoke City, but they may have lost the war for Champions League qualification — or even a lengthy run in the Europa League — after the latest Philippe Coutinho injury.

Tywin would be a good choice, great tactician, lost lots of battles but won the war.

«Swimming is the one sport you can enjoy lying down,» he had joked before becoming serious, and observing that although we're all losing the war against time, Masters swimmers enjoy winning some of the skirmishes.

Belichick lost the battle, but he will either win the war vs. the GQOAT, or he will leave the organization.

They may have won the battle but the war is in the hands of the fans, and sorry to say looking at the stress of Europa and nothing to show transfer market (you did be damned if you expecting a gud window... I just pray we don't lose Sanchez) another shambolic season is on the horizon....

Very good liked that comment... everyone will lose a battle or 9 but the most important thing is lasting the distance, staying close and winning the war!

Gamblers come equipped with war stories of losing money and winning money, stories you expect to hear from older, harder men.