Sentences with phrase «winning early victories»

Indeed, breaking the norms and rules of the status quo to achieve support - winning early victories is what successful turnaround leaders do.

The pair of conservative lawmakers won an early victory against the administration in December, when a court initially granted their request for an injunction to keep the city from dumping the files.

Atherton won an early victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Not exact matches

Turkey has threatened to march on Manbij and wrest it from Kurdish hands after its forces won a resounding victory over Kurdish fighters earlier this month and took control of Afrin, a town 60 miles (100 kilometers) to the west.

While a Clinton victory would've likely boosted stocks a bit, John Higgins, chief markets economist at Capital Economics argued earlier that a Trump win could pull things in the «opposite direction.»

They fueled Santorum's wins in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado - and his earlier victory in the Iowa caucuses.

Bowman was recently charged with tax evasion, but he fought the case, and earlier this month, he won a major legal victory, and the charges were dropped — for now.

They capped an 11 - win campaign with a decisive victory over C - USA West champ UNT in the Superdome early on Saturday, and they will finish the season in the S&P + top 40.

Vazquez missed Los Blancos» weekend fixture against Deportivo La Coruna — a win that was insufficient as Real sought to overhaul Barcelona at the top of La Liga — and hasn't featured since a 3 - 2 victory over Valencia earlier in the month.

Thompson was cruising toward her second ANA win in four years when her victory train hit a major speed bump in the form of a TV viewer who alerted officials to a penalty Thompson incurred a day earlier.

Goals from Gary Cahill and Diego Costa handed the Blues a victory in the reverse fixture earlier on in the season and the Merseyside outfit are without a win against Chelsea in the last seven meetings between the two in all competitions.

At the 2010 season finale in Abu Dhabi Alonso was in prime position to win his third title and a first with Ferrari, however an early safety car turned the race on its head and Sebastian Vettel took a comfortable victory.

Since losing to Tottenham at White Hart Lane in early February, the Gunners have won SEVEN away fixtures in a row, including the FA Cup victory at Old Trafford.

Here's a serious throwback clip of Lewis Hamilton's early racing days, going on to win a Formula Junior Intercontinental A kart victory.

In a way, FSU's win over Gonzaga was even more impressive than its victory over top - seeded Xavier a round earlier.

After a multi-year hiatus, he returned to the top spot last March with a win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his third victory at that early point in the season.

We really need this victory, it's been a good while since we won our opening game, it just crumbles the fans hopes too early with us always having to make up ground, then when we do very well it is too difficult to keep that rhythm up.

The letter, which could give Arsenal and other Premier League sides a spur of encouragement, reads, «I am writing to give you early notice of a Victory Parade that will take place in Fulham if Chelsea Football Club wins the Premier League.

The favorite to win at -600 odds before the week, Mayfield didn't start vs. WVU, but came into the game early as the Sooners cruised to a 59 - 31 victory.

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.

We fell to United & Chelsea earlier in the season, then made up with victories against City and United in Manchester, and continued to win 8 in a row exacting some revenge against Liverpool along the way.

An early friendly loss to the USA aside, they've won four qualifiers out of four, most notably pinching a last - minute victory over the Dutch.

The 2014 U.S. Women's Open champion, who has not won on tour since that victory, had everything clicking on her way to a 7 - under 65 and an early share of the lead with Vicky Hurst.

Then, 2015 saw them win four out of a possible six, including a 1 - 0 victory against the same Belgium thanks to an early Bale goal.

For Team Rijos — Many won't remember this Loss as they weren't expected to make it this far (or even close to this far really)-- what people will remember is their 2 Hoops Victories in the Opening Rounds highlighted by Randall «Mr. Big Shot» Pulfer's game winning 3 in 5OT to send 2012 Runners - Up Team Maione home early.

That early record includes two wins away from home, including this past weekend's stingy 1 - 0 victory over Liverpool at Anfield.

Jose Mourinho's men secured a comfortable win at Swansea City, making it consecutive 4 - 0 victories to start the season as they look to be firing early on.

He had produced the deciding margin in two earlier Pirate victories, with a two - run homer in the first game, which Pittsburgh won 6 - 4, and a two - run double in the fifth game, which Pittsburgh won 5 - 2.

Blackburn pinned Rocklin's Logan Bik early in the second round of their 113 - pound match during Del Oro's dominating 70 - 6 SFL - opening victory, and won three tournaments in December.

He scored a career - high 39 points in a victory over cross-town rival Vista del Lago earlier in the season, and also 34 points in a league win over defending state Division I champion Pleasant Grove - Elk Grove.

From managing to snap Manchester City's win streak to losing to Swansea and another early exit in the FA Cup, to snatching a draw from the jaws of victory last week (still salty about that one), to our first 2 - 0 win in a year.

Claiming to be fit after an ankle injury in July derailed a promising campaign that began with two early wins on the PGA Tour, McIlroy believes at least one victory in the European Tour's Final Series would salvage an unsatisfying season during which he lost his top ranking and at least one 3 - iron.

Leicester won 3 - 1 earlier this season and achieved two 1 - 0 victories last season when the sides met.

Victory in the Final of the Sudamericana Cup in early December would see Nacional become the only South American club ever to have won both continental titles in the same calendar year.

That ended any realistic chances of a further championship win early on, but he followed up his victory in the opening race of the season with wins at Spa and at the final round in Brazil.

The Clarets are having some issues at the moment, not having won games since a 1 - 0 victory over Stoke back in early December.

It was goalless earlier this season when the sides met but in the last campaign Spurs won this game 3 - 0 and Harry Kane netted a hat trick on the south coast in a 5 - 1 victory.

Captain in Hugo Lloris» absence, Harry stated «you just want to win» and the players were united in feeling that victory was paramount as we returned to Premier League action after the night of all nights against Real Madrid in the Champions League just four days earlier.

Ultimately, few had expected anything other than a home victory here, and the win both keeps the Blues well in the title hunt (after Manchester City and Arsenal were both victorious a day earlier) and puts the final nail in the coffin of United's chances of successfully defending their Premier League crown.

In the elite women's race, Switzerland's Manuela Schär added victory in London to her Boston Marathon win of less than a week earlier.

Okagbare added 200m victory in a meeting record time to her long jump win from earlier on in the evening.

World record - holder Renaud Lavillenie had won every pole vault Diamond Trophy in the history of the Diamond League but the competition ended in disappointment for the Frenchman as he had an early exit after failing to clear his opening height of 5.63 m. USA's world champion Sam Kendricks was again on top as he cleared 5.87 m for victory.

Next week though, United will face Wolverhampton Wanderers in the U18 Premier League Cup at the Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground needing a victory after falling to a 1 - 0 defeat in the last game against Stoke City, winning the first, a 4 - 3 thriller, against Arsenal earlier in the season.

Earlier on and Zharnel Hughes had gone to third on the UK 200m all - time list behind only John Regis and Adam Gemili, his 20.05 securing him his second Diamond League victory after his win in Lausanne earlier thisEarlier on and Zharnel Hughes had gone to third on the UK 200m all - time list behind only John Regis and Adam Gemili, his 20.05 securing him his second Diamond League victory after his win in Lausanne earlier thisearlier this month.

The 3 - 1 win which the Blues picked up last season was followed by a home win, but the victory for Pep's men earlier this term showed how the dynamic has changed between these two.

However, Liverpool inflicted defeat on Man City as recently as Wednesday, with their 2 - 2 draw at Anfield − coming from behind twice − enough to secure them a 3 - 2 aggregate victory in the semi-final of the Carling Cup, having also gone to the Etihad Stadium and won two weeks earlier.

Palace will journey to Merseyside on the back of an impressive run of their own, having won five of the past seven games — including a notable success at Stamford Bridge earlier this month and a home victory over Arsenal.

A surface review of last weekend's 3 — 1 victory against Arsenal says that the team secured an early advantage then repelled their opponents to nail down the win.

They have won just one of their last 19 league games, with that victory coming at bottom side West Brom in early February.

The Gunners made it six wins in a row with a 1 - 0 victory at Everton on Wednesday when they went for the hosts from the start, got an early goal from Thomas -LSB-...]