Surely, Mr. Bush appreciates that the alternative -- turning this hugely important task over to those who either intentionally sought to forestall such an outcome, or who recommended policies that very nearly had that effect -- would be to wrest defeat from the jaws of victory.

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Perhaps, against all the odds, a player has turned the match around -- snatching victory from the jaws of defeat to win in dramatic fashion.

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They reckon the phrase: 'snatching victory from the jaws of defeat' should be applied to someone else now!

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But De Vries' slip and a cruel deflection gave Inverness victory, while St Mirren came back from two goals down to defeat Motherwell to send the Pars to Division One.

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The Clarets bounced back from that defeat to clinch a first away win of the season with a 4-1 victory at fellow strugglers Hull on Saturday, a match that Gudjonsson's comments on Friday had threatened to overshadow.

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South Africa bounced back from last week's defeat in France and two reverses against English club sides Leicester and Saracens to notch an eighth successive victory in clashes with Italy.

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