The inevitable result was the Republicans found themselves in a no-win position after losing both the White House and two Senate seats in the 2012 election.
Murphy sliced six yards wide from a good position, losing his boot on the muddy surface in the process, but his single goal was enough to give Well victory for a second week in a row.
In fact, it carries so much weight that sometimes investing logically will be the losing position.
The Mets are batting .098 with runners in scoring position during the losing streak, their longest this season.
So in essence, what I thought to be a big losing position was not a position at all.
"When you find yourself in a losing position a few times during the year, you want to try to figure out how to change those things around, " Sharapova said.
If the trade proved profitable, Miller and his co-conspirator would share in the profits and if the trade proved unprofitable, Miller would claim human error, leaving Rochdale holding the losing position, prosecutors said.
Standing for nothing is a losing position.
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In dollar terms, investment banks may have more money on the line (and half of their revenues, compared with just a tenth or so of the revenues at more diversified commercial banks), but they are far less willing to maintain a losing position with the hope of recovering it.
"We in the U.S. are slowing down and losing our position of leadership, " he frets.
The changing roles of men and women is not necessarily a bad thing, and to position it as one gender winning or losing seems to me unnecessarily harmful.
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Those who lose their jobs in their mid to late fifties, for example, have a much harder time recovering their professional footing than those let go at younger ages, with a good chunk not obtaining another position for more than a year after losing their jobs.
Mr. SHELTON: We're reaching out to those who actually own the loans and could very well find themselves in the position of having to foreclose and then actually losing revenue and lose profits.
"We have absolutely no problem compensating Viacom fairly, but they have now knowingly put our customers in the unreasonable position of either accepting their extravagant financial demands or losing some of their favorite TV shows, " said Chang.
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How did Brazil go from one of the biggest economies in Latin America, to be usurped by Mexico now as measured by investor appetite and losing the No. 6 global economy position to the U.K. in less than a 12 months.
Among the big hitters, HP remained at the top of the pile despite losing some market share, and Acer remained in second position with a mild increase in the same.
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The only thing that can alter this losing equation is for rational Republicans to be in a position where they can tell their constituents that they succeeded in moving the country forward while standing up for the values their constituents expect their elected officials to uphold.
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Resistance put them in a position of defending old technology, and therefore their products seemed old and they were losing market share.
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By hardening its position, the Greek government risks driving museums everywhere into clinging to their possessions for fear of losing them.
He knew that to recapture Switzerland's dominant position he'd have to retain its manufacturing know-how, and that meant not losing skilled workers through layoffs, which would risk demoralizing the whole operation.
Instead of losing money, they're supposed to make a pile but put you in a position to tell the IRS that you are faring poorly.
Dewhirst's trading position worsened this spring when it was revealed deflated high street prices meant the manufacturer had been steadily losing money for more than 18 months.
But this would mean losing out on subscriptions from Sky users - and Sky could move its channels to a less favourable position on its electronic programme guide.
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