How To Use Victor In A Sentence
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A few uncounted votes or a few thousand voters turned away can be the difference between a national victory or not.
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Rampant Victoriana tends to be a bit too fussy for me, but there were some lovely bits of jet and marcasite jewelry that called my name.
Runaway, Jersey-style
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Stars' glorious start to the season has hit a slight snag lately with a couple of draws, while their closest rival, Ballina, continues to string together victories.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. Victor Hugo
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However, on the day, they showed such determination and resolution that nothing could stand between them and victory.
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Memphis was 7-3 entering the week, but six of the victories were against teams from lesser conferences.
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Evidence such as this serves to undermine the apparently monolithic edifice of Victorianism.
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Anything less than a convincing victory by Graham Taylor's team will undermine their chances of qualifying from Group 2.
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Watching replays of her victory run induced nervousness.
Times, Sunday Times
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An encouraging aspect was that each of the three new caps in the squad contributed to the victory.
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He came 20th, causing him great disappointment as his objective was no less than outright victory.
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Andrea Pirlo scores from distance in AC Milan's 1-0 victory over Parma:
Video: Pirlo's goal for AC Milan at Parma
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When the evictors arrived at one home they found only a bedridden woman, Margaret Mackay, who was almost 100 years old.
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At a time when they were still singing soupy Victorian hymns in churches, this choir performed relatively modem music.
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Meanwhile, Angela Brockway and other members of the reading group are struggling to carry on without their friend: There were about 14 of us who all used to sit round her big Victorian table in her conservatory with mugs of tea and coffee and piles of what we called 'posh' biscuits.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
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Electoral victory is just a distant mirage.
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And she would tell us wondrous stories of her youth, of the lands she had seen, and the darbar s of the olden days; of kings who were gods, and women whose friendship was victorious over every accident.
Love and Life Behind the Purdah
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This victory provided a fitting finale to a brilliant season for the club.
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One more toast on this great and glorious day of victory.
Man of Honour
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Gob Woodhull, an imaginary son of the real 19th-century feminist, spiritualist and free-love advocate Victoria Woodhull, loses his twin brother in the Civil War and builds a vast and elaborate machine whose purpose is to "grieve" so efficiently that it will bring all of history's dead back to life.
Time Tripping
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Despite a string of victories-the judge's stinging decision enumerating Allen's "fraudulent modus operandi," occasional media coverage, and the support of real CIA agents and military heroes-he is no closer to collecting the $40,000 he says was "conned" from his family in 1993.
Edgar Allen
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Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In May it was burgled and the Victorian stained glass window was smashed.
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Mr Cole remained sombre, straight-faced and silent as the returning officer pronounced Ms Greene, a local school governor, the victor with a 2,000-plus majority.
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That would secure an emphatic victory and, inevitably, set tongues wagging once more.
Times, Sunday Times
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This could still change because votes in one Victoria seat were being recounted.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Lions deserve the sweet victory in light of their sustained investment in good players.
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See the city's fine Victorian architecture, and visit its excellent museums.
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We have so many quaint old settler cottages as well as grand Victorian and Edwardian buildings.
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In the spirit of the colonial revival, they replaced the Victorian era mansard roof with a hip roof with dormers, removed the two-story service wing, replaced windows and doors, and restored or embellished interior woodwork.
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Having savored victory, the ruffians moved on to attack the homes of well-known abolitionists in the neighborhood.
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Rudyard Kipling's Recessional, in exultant recognition of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, embodied the spirit of that nostalgic period.
Responsible Nationhood
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The urge for victory was almost palpable.
Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest Football Manager
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It could have been the springboard to victory over the Hammers but the players looked jaded.
The Sun
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Her journal is an important document of Victorian rural life.
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Originally, the term referred to the rededication of the purified Temple after the Maccabees' stunning military victory.
The Meaning of Hanukkah
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As it happens, the setback turned out to be the only hiccup in the 14 race series, and Andy made an astonishing recovery to claim 11 victories in his last 12 race meetings.
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Victorian propriety is an important element of the story, the atmosphere to be upended over and over by slapstick action and sudden death.
Archive 2008-02-01
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The fourth class (officers of the British Empire and Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order) and fifth class (members of the British Empire and Royal Victorian Order) wear their respective badges on medal ribands or bows (women).
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Travellers changing from train to bus at Southend Victoria rail station could soon have a better idea of when their bus will arrive.
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But for all its glories, Victorian was also a time of grinding hard work, belching mill chimneys and the sort of poverty scarcely imaginable today.
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Victor's authority is appealed to by those who deem the last twelve verses of S. Mark's Gospel spurious, it would of course be inferred that his evidence is hostile to the verses in question; whereas his evidence to their genuineness is the most emphatic and extraordinary on record.
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established
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THE CHRISTMASES OF QUEEN VICTORIA have been kept with much bountifulness, but after the gracious manner of a Christian Queen who cares more for the welfare of her beloved subjects than for ostentatious display.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
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Victor heard her stifle a cry as he held a small mirror for her.
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WOLVES ended a run of eight games without victory with a win over fellow strugglers Wigan.
The Sun
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This feels like a victory party for laptop rock.
Times, Sunday Times
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Her Wimbledon victory was hailed as a triumph over adversity.
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Numerous period features remain: the Victorian staircase with its carved wooden banisters, the 1820s ornate stuccoed ceilings, the many stone and marble fireplaces.
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After the battle both sides claimed victory.
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I'm sure we'll win./I'm confident about our victory.
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The term implies something less than the ideal outcome of a war: reservation, equivocation, ambiguity, limitation—substitutes for victory.
Between War and Peace
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Last month the Victorian government announced that the number of sawlogs allowed to be pulled out of the State's forests will be cut by a third.
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A man had collapsed in Victoria Place in the town and was unconscious.
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This was further compounded by the fact that Victorian children moved up to twenty corves per day, whilst being sick, malnourished and demoralised in many cases.
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It considers that a lasting peace will be possible only after a decisive victory over the military power of the enemy.
Times, Sunday Times
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She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood.
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My family's name has been besmirched by your victory over me, but your trickery can't hope to save you now.
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The big detached houses a few streets inland on Victoria Road go for about a million.
Times, Sunday Times
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Many of the Confederates were of opinion that this decisive victory would be the end of the war, and that the North, seeing that the South was able as well as willing to defend the position it had taken up, would abandon the idea of coercing it into submission.
With Lee in Virginia A Story of the American Civil War
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Today's victory is the fifth that the Irish team has chalked up this year.
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In 1940, even the indomitable Winston Churchill despaired of survival, far less ultimate victory.
SAN ANDREAS
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Victorian values might include slavery, children down the mines and chimney sweeps up the stack, as well as gin parlours and asylums.
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Special rewards and titles beckon for victorious guilds.
WarCry Network : Latest News
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Utilitarianism in Victorian England was often misconstructed as essentially anti-art, indeed as the doctrine of cultural philistines.
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Harry felt in his blood with what calming delight and fulfilment his enemy would embrace the lie that made him the victor.
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The story of Fermat's Last Theorem, the centuries spent trying to find a proof and Professor - now Sir - Andrew Wiles's final victory, is recounted in a book by Simon Singh , a physicist and author also famous for his battle to change the libel laws after he was sued for calling pseudoscientific medical treatments "bogus" .
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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The foundation stone was laid by Mrs Brown on June 21, the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne.
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In 1988 I was fortunate enough to be at Wembley to watch unfancied Wimbledon's notable FA Cup Final victory against Liverpool.
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Victor needs help with something so you need to go… chop-chop, you know what I mean?
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One is Peter Butler Sr., a retired insurance executive now living in Pebble Beach, Calif., who is an advocate for Eddie Lowery, the 10-year-old boy who famously caddied for the victorious Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S.
Bush-League Move by Hall of Fame?
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Ian Thorpe stood atop the victory podium in Barcelona today as the first swimmer in history to win the same event at three consecutive world titles.
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The victory lifts him from 13th to ninth in the world.
The Sun
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Anyway, as has already been stated and will now be seen, the evidence of his coins conclusively shows that the God to whom Constantine from first to last attributed his victories, was -- the Sun-God.
The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion
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The team's victory reflected credit on the coach.
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This two bedroom duplex apartment has a private entrance hall and retains original Victorian features including high ceilings, decorative architraves and period fireplaces.
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One more toast on this great and glorious day of victory.
Man of Honour
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Last year, in fact, only four Americans tasted victory.
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Larkham was in his element in his country's victory over Romania as he constantly probed for breaks against a brittle defence.
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To the victors our sincere congratulations, to the vanquished our equally sincere commiserations.
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In Australia, we know that there is activity at official or semi-official level in South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria at least.
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Materialization of both wish and phantasy is monstrous to Victor, because his egoic coherence depends on denying the death-drive that he sublimes as life — especially the life of science, invention, and creativity.
Attached to Reading: Mary Shelley's Psychical Reality
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Although vigoro is mainly played in Tasmania, Queensland and New South Wales, Hendley said the origins of the game began in Victoria more than a century ago.
The Advertiser - Front Page
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Striking too are Leon Victor Solon's 1896 porcelain plaque Resting and the metal and alabaster three tulips lamps by Albert Cheuret.
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Take all the Latin words in Shakespeare, for instance - in Victorian times, educated people had studied Latin in school - not so today, so they need to be carefully glossed.
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There's the chance you might also come across a statue of Queen Victoria, but you'll find few dedications to any other women.
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TVG hopes to parlay a victory in California with one in D.C., but as most bettors know, parlays are risky ventures at best.
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This year he trained the light scull world champion Victoria Dimitrova as well as Neikova.
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Rommel's army had to be worn down, and if it had been allowed to withdraw intact into the mountain fastnesses of Tunisia, securing a decisive land victory in North Africa would have been rendered immensely difficult.
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In 1940, even the indomitable Winston Churchill despaired of survival, far less ultimate victory.
SAN ANDREAS
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To the immediate south was a more handsome Victorian building constructed by architects John Lessels and John Patterson in 1873 to replace an earlier structure.
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Wolves may have cruised to victory but they needed a controversial penalty on 18 minutes to open the scoring.
The Sun
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For the stupid person up there that wrote "the failure of 08 begins" I can tell you that's exactly the opposite: "the recover 08 begins", no more Bush mistakes and his heir is going to be defeated big time, is going to be a victory by a huge margin!!!
Obama: The general election fight should start next week
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“Thanks to the Prophet that hath so far honoured our mountains as to send from their bosom him whose word is victory,” answered the paynim.
The Talisman
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Geographynote: landlocked; straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed; the Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile
Burundi
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If that happens, even a Walker victory would be a pyrrhic one.
Will Americans' support for public workers matter?
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Ultimate victory for them lies at the level of grand strategy rather than on the field of battle.
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Currently studying Law at Melbourne University, she was dux of Girton Grammar School in Bendigo, received a Premiers Award, the Australia Award and received the highest VCE score in all of regional Victoria.
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Tantamque victoriam amentia hominum consequuti sunt, ut si colligere in unum velis, universum orbem istis scelestibus spiritibus subjectum fuisse invenies: Usque ad Salvaloris adventum hominum caede perniciosissimos daemones placabant, &c.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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And as, in this battle of thoughts, those which spoke for her won the victory, it seemed to me becoming to address her, and I said this sonnet, which begins, 'A gentle thought '; and I called it _gentle_ because I was speaking to a gentle lady, -- but otherwise it was most vile.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859
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Resolution I. -- That the Society be called the Fabian Society (as Mr. Podmore explained in allusion to the victorious policy of Fabius
The History of the Fabian Society
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A little bit of attention and a few small victories do not change the fact that you are still, for the most part, a novelty act, like a horse that can count by stomping its hooves.
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Hingis signalled her return to form with a convincing victory.
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An early piece of legal work led to an important victory in court.
Times, Sunday Times
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Tullow clinched victory in the last thirty seconds of the game.
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Victoria's population had increased sevenfold from 76000 to 540000, 45 per cent of the Australian population of 1200000 in 1861.
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It may yet click its way to victory after victory, a monument to the Tinkertoy dreams of childhood.
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This accomplished, they must then bespeed them to the top of the hill again, where two loaded rifles yet remained, in whose leaden bullets lay, as they trusted, the golden chance of victory.
Burl
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At the Bruins' talent level, there are few opportunities for confidence-building victories.
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The thirteen colonies began with a defensive revolution against tyrannical oppression and they were victorious.
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But it took three more match points before he could wrap up victory.
ITF World of Tennis
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Both loved to be the go-to guy, the man expected to make the crucial contribution to victory.
Times, Sunday Times
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This victory allowed them to leapfrog Hibs and move back into third place in the league.
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The America's Cup has always been a showcase for innovation: the 1895 victor, Defender, for example, used aluminum, steel and bronze in the hull, an unheard-of combination at the time.
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The Zambia Badminton team has started the qualifying rounds for this year's world badminton qualifiers with three victories in the series being played in Mauritius.
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Sir Andrew describes the character as ‘one of the best villains in Victorian fiction’.
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DALLAS -- Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, knotting the Western Conference finals at one game each.
Thunder Beat Mavericks 106-100, Tie Series At 1
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Such items encouraged meaningful reflection on the Union victory; they also provided hours of entertainment and diversion.
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Wakefield, Boston's 45-year-old knuckleballer, is stalled in his pursuit of his 200th career victory.
Hasn't Wakefield Waited Long Enough?
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Aside from the valuable title, a victory here carries with it a $300,000 grant and a one-year mentorship.
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Well, Stanley Donwood's artwork reminds me of the playbills from Victorian music halls or a rickety theatre troupe travelling across the land.
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He was happy to set Shakespeare, Herrick or Christina Rossetti to music that was clearly expressive of Victorian or Edwardian English taste.
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The silly pretext of difficulties by which my erasure, notwithstanding the reiterated solicitations of the victorious General, was so long delayed made me apprehensive of a renewal, under a weak and jealous pentarchy, of the horrible scenes of 1796.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
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Los Angeles Lakers star Pau Gasol calls Redondo Beach police after paparazzi tail his car LeBron James scores 30, Cavaliers wear down Celtics for 104-93 win Marion, Mavericks win 12th in a row with 125-112 victory over Timberwolves
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
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Sport is not a bolt-on extra in the lives of champions, sport is everything to them and victory the aim of their every waking moment.
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Experts from both sides of the Atlantic will discuss battlefield tactics, the contribution of Loyalists and Native Americans, the role of officers, and the real reasons why the British forces failed to achieve victory.
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The Swiss calmly wrapped up the victory on the first of three match points a game later.
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The county remains agog since that superlative victory over Tipperary and supporters will relish this latest opportunity to get another look at the heroes of that unforgettable day.
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According to the same source, the Bujagali dam at the outlet of Lake Victoria in Jinja, Uganda, is due to go ahead within the next few weeks with £66m of funding from the World Bank.
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Ahmadinejad's 'victory' saps the Islamic Republic yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Ahmadinejad\'s \'victory\' saps the Islamic Republic '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The Islamic Republic needs to seize the moment to respond to Iranians and the wider world before it traps itself into becoming the Islamic Republic of the Revolutionary Guards of Iran, an isolated military dictatorship akin to North Korea or Myanmar.
Ahmadinejad's 'victory' saps the Islamic Republic
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Bram Stoker's original story focuses on the undead Count and his mortal rival, Dr.Van Helsing, who vie for the very souls of Lucy and Mina, the two young Victorian ladies the vampire would add to his harem of bloodthirsty brides.
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The Mallee is the closest thing Victoria has to the outback.
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Neil Callan rides to victory in the last race of the day to leave the race for the meeting's top jockey wide open.
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He insists that, even though he wears the garlands of victory, he must leave the city of Argos in disgrace and return to the oracle of Apollo in the city of Pytho, also called Delphi.
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M. le Comte's guests followed closely on the triumphant bridegroom's heels: M. le préfet, fussy and nervous, secretly delighted at the idea of affixing his official signature to such an aristocratic _contrat de mariage_ as was this between M.le. de Cambray de Brestalou and M. Victor de M.rmont, own nephew to M.rshal the duc de Raguse; M.dame la préfète, resplendent in the latest fashion from Paris, the Duc and Duchesse d'Embrun, cousins of the bride, the Vicomte de Génevois and his mother, who was Abbess of Pont Haut and godmother by proxy to Crystal de
The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days
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The last despairing effort had seen the Nationalists gain a decisive victory.
The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
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He grew up on a grape and citrus farm at Robinvale, on the Murray River in north-west Victoria.
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The formal Victorian portrait gave way to the informal snapshot, and now to the intimacy of the phonecam and picture message.
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Three reds remain but Hendry surprisingly concedes to leave his opponent just one frame from victory.
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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
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Most English historians were cured of such flatulent emotion by the carnage of the first world war, the desolation of the great slump and the perilously tight margin of victory in the second world war.
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For more than 30 years, this quaint little Victorian-themed resort at the southern tip of New Jersey said no to ‘skintight, formfitting or bikini type’ bathing attire on males over the age of 12.
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The admission of the Brisbane Bears and the West Coast Eagles into the Victorial Football League was the most significant step in the stuttering progress towards a national competition.
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I imagine my façade as an old Victorian, right on the waterfront and overlooking the twilight with many, many rooms and a little garret in which I sit overlooking everything.
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But the Terminator had already opened its hand and Victor was plummeting earthward.
T2: INFILTRATOR
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Perhaps someday it will return to Victoria's inner harbour and enlighten the city with approbatory friendly fire in greedy pursuit of our oil, gas, and fresh water.
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However, subsequent independent surveys of actual ballots indicated a dramatic shift, with Mr Fujimori nearing a first-round victory.
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Amazingly, he took a shutout into the ninth inning before RHP Mike Williams got the final two outs in a 3-0 victory.
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Before long he found that there would be no sea this way: nor anything but shops, houses, a cinema with an imposing Victorian front grandly labelled ASSEMBLY ROOMS, and the slate-roofed lychgate of a church.
Greenwitch
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Outside the sun shone bright through the clouds, Anna fanned herself with her hand as she sat on the bed beside Victoria.
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It is described as a romance, set across the social divide in the world of Victorian industrial society.
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The grand entrance had been smeared with paint and graffiti while a unique Victorian glass lantern roof had been smashed letting water pour on to the decorative floors below.
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And "-- he held up a finger -- `a Victorian civilizing mission.
SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND
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The crossing should safely assist pedestrians to the Victoria Recreation Ground, as well as to a nearby scout hut and nursery.
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Instead, a micro Ducati motorcycle would be taking the top placer on his victory lap.
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Victory riots have claimed the lives of two college students in Massachusetts alone this year.
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During the Victorian lesson, Ms Roberts had the pupils reciting prayers by rote and kept the classroom atmosphere strict and formal.
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In victory they were humble and in defeat superb.
The Sun
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But she was criticized as a showboat for her victory prance around the field with an enormous fake gold medal dangling from her neck and a cell phone pressed to her ear.
The Bad Girl of Women’s Soccer
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At some point, Leaellynasaura, a Lower Cretaceous hypsilophodontid from Victoria, Australia, was described as a carnivore when it, like all hypsilophodontids, is actually an herbivore.
Entry #1,909
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A ride on the oldest funicular railway in Asia, to the Victoria Peak, commonly known as the Peak, was spectacular.
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But anticipations of victory, however rational, were premature.
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However, the pink revolution failed with the victory of a hardliner.
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At Claremorris on Sunday afternoon, the visitors overwhelmed the home side with an emphatic victory.
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A caixa preta da maior empresa brasileira, quando aberta exalará um mau cheiro insuportável de desmando, corrupção, uso de dinheiro público para eleições, custos publicitários superfaturados e desnecessários, má gestão do governo nos negócios da empresa, e roubo puro e simples, como o fez o Victor Martins irmão do Ministro Franklin Martin, que não deve ser o único.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Petroleum, elections and poverty matters
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This excellent record of his thoughtful and troubled career as architect, restorer, scholar, and writer throws much light on a neglected and turbulent period of Victorian architecture.
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People come from everywhere to celebrate the victory.
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He had been imprisoned after being reprieved from a death sentence handed down by General Victoriano Huerta, the usurper who would overthrow Francisco Madero in February 1913.
Pancho Villa as a German Agent...
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What likewise astonishes is how Victorian, prudish, and ultra-conservative in thought most of us really are despite the claim to modernity and non-traditionalism.
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However, if this is true, then who could be better than your good self to emerge victorious from all of this?
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On landing, the army hailed him as the true victor of Oran, a wave of acclamations following him as he advanced to the alcazar, where the keys of the fortress were put into his hands.
Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII
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It was a victory to bring a smile to the face of even the most cynical and world-weary sport-watcher.
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Thousands of Victorian workers joined educational associations in an attempt to better themselves.
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In another interesting display of tradition, the winners in the women's race got to do a victory lap with laurel in their hair.
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It was in these vales that the Saxons of the plain and the Gad of the mountains had many a desperate and bloody encounter, in which it was frequently impossible to decide the palm of victory between the mailed chivalry of the low country and the plaided clans whom they opposed.
The Fair Maid of Perth
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When a main element is dependence on a unilaterally declared temporary cease-fire by one of the key violent actors on the scene – which has not been defeated and which can rescind the cease-fire at any time – how can it be termed a “success”, nevermind a “victory”?
Matthew Yglesias » “Winning” The War
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I'll recap my recap: Brown was a minor mayoral candidate who was a nonfactor in last September's Democratic primary, but he made some waves on the campaign trail by reliably bashing Adrian Fenty and lauding victor Vincent C.
DeMorning DeBonis: Feb. 25, 2011
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The triumph also meant a shutout victory for goalkeeper Tim Howard, the first American to play in the final.
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He has a 600-acre beef farm near Benalla, in north-east Victoria.
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Soon after leaving the Blackheath, we descended from the sandstone platform by the pass of Mount Victoria.
Chapter XIX
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The Romantic laureate is to be felt beyond the grave by the Victorians, and by their own poet, not in the wispy or whispering touch of his breathed words but in the abstract feelings generated from the written traces of their prophetic aura of aurality.
Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
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Dr. James Ogwang, a biocontrol entomologist with the Uganda National Agricultural Research Organization, and his colleagues, implemented a successful program that rid Lake Victoria of the weed.
Biocontrol of Invasive Water Hyacinth Contributes to Socioeconomic Improvement | Impact Lab
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It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
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I haven't forgotten the 'blackwash', the 'summer of 4 captains' and the excruciating Ashes defeats and dead rubber victories........now it's time for some payback.
The Ashes 2010-11: Aussies beware – cricket is taking a kicking | Kevin Mitchell
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The odds are that, whoever romps home to victory, there'll be plenty of laughs along the way.
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He appears to be assured of victory.
Times, Sunday Times
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On the contrary, it should be to rekindle and harness the ambition of the Victorians for a more tolerant and enlightened age.
Times, Sunday Times
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It was a victory for them that must have been tinged with great regret as to what might have been.
Times, Sunday Times
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A runoff is to take place between the two top vote getters as no candidate gained more than 50 percent of the votes, needed to secure an electoral victory.
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In this context, it's the fight against these systems that are more important than actual victory.
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Howard Dean, Wesley Clark and now Kerry, with his long string of victories, have seen their faces blazoned across news-magazine covers.
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Two identical white reed Victorian garden chairs with high round arching backs stood ready.
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But Monaco richly deserved the victory for a hugely impressive performance.
Times, Sunday Times
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Police have positively identified the bulk of a mob of 274 cattle, allegedly stolen from properties and saleyards in Victoria and New South Wales.
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A narrow margin of victory for her would increase the likelihood of that.
Times, Sunday Times
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The failure to address indiscipline by proper punishment is a victory for the do-gooders and defeat for children's education.
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Victor Chapman? The famous art dealer? I can't arrest him.
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The latest jolt from the defending Eastern Conference champions came Wednesday night in a 5-3 victory.
USATODAY.com
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As the warriors passed along the mountain trails, they watched for portents of future victory or defeat.
THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
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Tasmania were bowled out for 198, well short of the 313 they required for victory after Victoria declared at 3 for 181 in the morning.
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Amid the midsummer heat and the excitement in central London, as citizens celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the principal contenders were becoming clear.
