Should he run for president, a decisive victory margin would help demonstrate his national viability.
Normally, elections that take place at a time of war or foreign crisis produce a decisive victory.
The 70-year-old won 2, 986 votes out of the 3, 977 cast - making it a decisive victory against his rival.
On April 30, DirecTV scored what should have been a decisive victory in the company's ongoing war with satellite pirates.
In any event, a decisive victory by one side or the other, or a settlement between the combatants, seems sadly unlikely.
Since the argument over the underground was central to the mayoral election, Mr Livingstone's decisive victory looked like a vote against the government's plan.
Neither he nor Ayman Safadi in Jordan, nor Professor Eliot Cohen or historian William Polk spoke of any imminent decisive victory over the Iraqi insurgents.
Both players secured breaks in the fifth set, but it was Berdych who moved ahead again to clinch the decisive victory and leave the centenary final in stalemate.
But the compromise sends fuzzier signals than a decisive victory.
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The decisive victory in the Manchester derby leaves United needing just four points from their remaining three games win the English championship for the third year in a row.
Voters in the key battleground state have spoken and gave a decisive victory to Senator Hillary Clinton yesterday over Senator Barack Obama, a margin of about 10 percentage points.
By intervening on the side of the British and the French, Wilson made it possible to break the stalemate, win a decisive victory and dictate terms to the losers.
Shortly before Newt Gingrich's decisive victory in South Carolina last week, he was asked a critical question by a Palmetto State voter: Would he support a Muslim candidate for president?
U.S. naval plans included provisions for an attack on the Spanish Navy in the event of war, and led to a decisive victory against the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in May, 1898.
It left the public finances deep in the red, even as it helped the government to a decisive election victory.
After winning a decisive reelection victory Tuesday, President Barack Obama told thousands of supporters in Chicago that he would reach out to leaders of both parties to tackle the hard issues that faced the country in the wake of a fiercely partisan campaign and against the backdrop of a divided congress embroiled in a historic budget battle.
Swann helped England regain the Ashes last year, claiming eight wickets in the decisive final Test victory at Oval and averaging 35 with the bat, which has also helped him to fourth place in the world all-rounder rankings.
Mr Obama scored a decisive re-election victory in part campaigning for raising taxes on higher incomes.
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Giggs scored the second goal in United's title-clinching win at Wigan last season before converting the decisive penalty in the victory over Chelsea in Moscow.
The Italian continued to take advantage of her opponent's unforced errors to start the second set with a break, and she broke the Williams serve a second time in the decisive game, sealing victory after 85 minutes with a forehand winner.
Giggs scored the second goal in United's title-clinching win at Wigan last season before converting the decisive penalty in their Champions League victory over Chelsea in Moscow.
"It is no secret that Russian businessmen played the decisive role in President Yeltsin's victory, " says Berezovsky.
It gave Nadal a decisive break and he held on for victory in the fourth round match.
Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves and Derick Brassard provided the only offense in New York's 1-0 victory that set up a decisive Game 7 in Washington on Monday night.
Come 1:58 a.m. on April 19, exactly a quarter century will have passed since LaFontaine scored one of the most famous goals in NHL history: the game-winner in the "Easter Epic, " the Islanders' 3-2, four-overtime victory over the Washington Capitals in the decisive Game 7 of the 1987 Patrick Division semifinals.
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In both the successful 1999 and 2003 campaigns, Philipoussis won the decisive rubber that handed his team, and his country, victory.
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Until the decisive moment, it had been Pachuca who looked more likely to claim victory.
However, Kent's loss was Middlesex's gain as the county with no previous aptitude for Twenty20 stunned the defending champions with a nerve-wracking last-ball victory at the Rose Bowl in July, with Henderson bowling the decisive last over as well as smashing 43 from 33 balls.
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