"We won because we had the ability to turn a defeat into a win, " he added.
The Union troops were able to hold on that day, and the next day reinforcements arrived and turned defeat into victory.
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Faced with a looming deadline and terrible data, Mr. Greenberg suggests, the DSM directors did what any reasonable, self-protecting institution would do: They lowered the statistical criteria for acceptable standards of reliability and turned defeat into victory.
The reasons for this resounding defeat run deep into the psychology of what makes Americans express themselves.
And if he loses, the people who pushed him into defeat will be the first to load all the blame for that defeat onto him alone.
Has Nato masterfully spun an acceptance of defeat and subsequent retreat into something that looks a bit like victory?
The wounds and the manner of that defeat in 2003 cut deep into the core of the Australian sporting psyche.
Some very creative and determined pessimists at the FCC have managed to turn a thrilling victory into an agonizing defeat.
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With Fox as a congenial Hollywood superstar and Woods as a volatile New York City cop, the movie turns self-parody into self-defeat.
The disappointment of May's play-off defeat appeared to carry over into this campaign but the side managed by Phil Parkinson have improved in recent weeks and are now fourth in the table.
Sharp, Bennett, James Coppinger and Simon Gillett all had chances for Dean Saunders's side, while the visitors, who slipped down to 16th following the defeat, forced David Button into just one real save.
The defeat dropped West Ham back into the relegation zone and Hammers boss Avram Grant believed Vidic should have been sent off for a perceived professional foul on Demba Ba rather than the yellow card he received when the visitors were trailing 2-0.
Fulham pushed centre-back Brede Hangeland up into attack late on but could not avoid defeat, with Konchesky's dismissal for a tackle on Taddei rubbing salt into their wounds.
The hosts looked resigned to defeat until Hitzlsperger dragged them back into it with a stunning 20-yard strike.
McCain, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee and a leading advocate of last year's troop increase, said the United States is no longer "staring into the abyss of defeat" as a result.
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Defeat was a blow to Motherwell's hopes of a top-six finish and they could find themselves three points behind with one game left before the league splits into two should Hibernian defeat St Mirren on Monday.
But will anyone else want to lead Spain's Socialists into what looks like certain defeat?
Charlton's 5-2 home defeat on Saturday saw the team slip into the bottom three of the Championship.
The 29-year-old England striker limped off 19 minutes into the 2-1 defeat by Manchester City at St James' Park.
The defeat of Tyson has certainly lifted Williams into the spotlight, and suddenly Olympic champion Audley Harrison wants to fight him.
Pavlik, fighting in his home town of Youngstown, Ohio, went into the bout following a defeat by Bernard Hopkins in a non-title contest last October.
Israel is concerned that Assad, if he is facing defeat, might try to draw Israel into the fighting to divert attention away from his internal struggles.
Edinburgh needed a bonus point victory away to long-time leaders Leinster, but they had a 28-20 lead turned into a 37-28 defeat in the closing stages.
It would be a mistake to read too much into the Republicans' catastrophic defeat in 2006, which resulted from local scandals as well as a national anti-Republican mood.
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While Kidney may not need to take an axe to his squad, defeat on Sunday will surely push him into freshening up his XV, while he waits for key players to return from injury.
In the aftermath of the referendum defeat, the French establishment talked itself into a state of advanced paranoia because of rumours of a bid for Danone, a French food firm, by PepsiCo, an American one.
England went into the game knowing that defeat would see them knocked out of the competition but batting first they reached 185-6 at The Oval with Kevin Pietersen (58), Luke Wright (34) and Owais Shah (33) playing key roles.
Scotland's second defeat of the competition means they will head into the second stage playing catch-up as only points against fellow qualifiers are carried through.
The defeat means the Canaries slip below Nottingham Forest into third in the table and brings an end to their eight-game unbeaten run in the Championship.
McCain delivered his announcement speech in New Hampshire where six years ago he handed George Bush a surprise double-digit defeat which catapulted McCain's insurgent campaign into serious contention, at least for a while.
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