Meanwhile, uncertainty over British membership is having real world consequences, undermining his efforts to win battles in Brussels.
Afterwards, one must win battles with Congress and the public.
Saint Consulting has made a specialty of waging war on behalf of corporate clients desperate to win zoning battles.
They report feeling worn down from fighting back against the slights and petty exclusions that still exist in the darker corners of many organizations, even if they ultimately win those battles.
If the NFL players win their legal battles, this will at least make NBA owners think twice before imposing a lockout.
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One lesson is key: It is possible to win all the battles and still lose the war, a basic truth in any counterinsurgency campaign.
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Free trade, or freer trade, is one of those battles we have to win over and over.
We've got to have guys that can make plays, win one-on-one battles.
"We've got a lot of good battles we think we may be able to win: education, patients bill of rights, minimum wage, prescription drug benefits, " said Sen.
Politics in Israel has always been a contact sport, but rather than battle to win over the center, an increasing number of political battles are conducted entirely on the fringes.
As the Music Man found, the folks there may be tough to impress but if you can win them over there's no better preparation for the bigger battles to come.
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Though Mittal still hopes to win Arcelor's hand, the prospect of politically charged takeover battles has deterred many a cross-border bidder in the past and may make foreign firms more wary in the future.
Political battles aside, Huawei and ZTE face a uphill climb to win over consumers unfamiliar with the companies.
Many of the ideas on how to get better at what humans do echoed the mantra about picking battles that are big enough to matter, but small enough to win.
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If he battles Obama for the heart and soul of Latinos, he still won't win a majority of the vote.
His hardscrabble life, poverty in South Dakota and fighting in World War II prepared him for any battles in a competitive arena, and he loved to compete and he loved to win.
All of these legislative battles, which pit one part of the Democratic coalition against another, give the GOP openings to win at the tactical level, to stall, modify or defeat particularly bad pieces of legislation.
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