If Sony does win out over Toshiba, it will be sweet revenge for its defeat in previous standards wars.
It has split the Conservative Party wide open and threatens to make its defeat in the next election, already quite likely, absolutely certain.
California financial privacy legislation was introduced in 2000 and 2001, but died as industry lobbyists, and then-Gov. Gray Davis , worked to assure its defeat.
The Local Government Bill, which includes plans to abolish Section 28, passed its second Commons reading - following its defeat in the Lords in February.
Mr Morales was speaking on Bolivia's "Day of the Sea", when it commemorates its defeat by Chile in the 19th Century War of the Pacific.
The cabinet minister's remarks come after an outcry among some Conservatives that the party is failing to connect with traditional blue-collar members - following its defeat in the Eastleigh by-election on Thursday.
To the north, the self-proclaimed breakaway state of Somaliland (once British Somaliland, the rest of Somalia being run by Italy until its defeat in the second world war) has been fairly well governed.
He has been angling for a pact with the more nationalist bits of the mainstream right, which has been in a thorough muddle since its defeat in the general election a year ago.
Now, with six Olympic 2012 wins under its belt, including its Tuesday defeat of Canada with a score of 91-48, the team is looking to hold onto its juggernaut status on Aug. 11 by beating the winner of the Aug. 9 match-up between Australia and China.
Fatah, too, retains the deep internal splits that contributed to its election defeat.
After its worst defeat for more than 50 years, the Tory party does not know where it is going.
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Despite its conference defeat at the hands of the unions, the Labour Party is resolved not to restore the earnings link.
Syracuse, coming off its first defeat at home this season, a 77-75 triple-overtime loss to Villanova Saturday, finished 13-1 in the Carrier Dome.
Lord Ashcroft, who did so much to shape, and fund, the party's strategy after its 2005 defeat has his own theories on what went wrong.
"The captain's role has been built up way out of proportion, " said Nick Faldo, who led the European team in its 2008 defeat at Valhalla, KY.
It was a nice rebound for a tired team that was coming off its first defeat at home this season, a 77-75 triple-overtime loss to Villanova Saturday.
Measures to increase sales tax to this end threatened to split the governing Democratic Party in 2012 and help contribute to its heavy defeat in the December parliamentary election.
For 77 years, from the 1868 Meiji Restoration to its 1945 defeat, Japan set and pursued national goals of modernization, industrialization, and entrance into the league of major nations.
The first occasion demonstrated to the world that Japan had arrived as a legitimate military power with its stunning defeat of the Russian Empire in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5.
On Aug. 28, in their first set of meetings, Manchester City walloped Tottenham 5-1, while United delivered Arsenal its worst defeat in 114 years, an 8-2 thrashing that highlighted Arsenal's dreadful start.
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The Tories point out, with some justice, that Mr Blair took over a party the voters wanted to like, whereas Mr Hague's party had just suffered its biggest defeat for over a century.
England survived some nervous moments on either side of Devic's disallowed shot, but held on to reach the knockout round with something to spare as Seb Larsson's late goal condemned France to its first defeat in 23 games.
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Albany (24-10) suffered its most-lopsided defeat of the season and was held to its two lowest offensive efforts in 70-45 and 50-43 losses to Vermont (21-11) in the regular season.
None have publicly recognized that Israel has a duty to its citizens to defeat Hamas.
But the significance of the interim House of Lords goes beyond its ability to defeat the government.
The Bush administration has insisted that by prevailing in Iraq, the U.S. will demonstrate its determination to defeat terrorism globally.
In the considered view of these wise men, for the US to emerge from Iraq with honor, it didn't actually have to defeat its enemies.
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