If the trend is not on, rewinning the house seat might prove to be a rather empty victory .

如果转机来到，那重新获得众议院席位也不过是一个有名无实的胜利而已。

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Empty seats: thousands of supporters failed to turn up to watch South Korea's World Cup victory over Greece Photo: AFP.

空座位：数千球迷没能到现场观看南韩世界杯中战胜希腊。

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That, he said, would be a narrow and empty victory, since it is too late for vague visionary principles.

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And he hopes that having achieved this empty victory, at least as they see it, the Republicans will understand that their goals are being unmet here, so not only are Americans suffering from this -- regular folks -- but their objectives are being unmet.

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But when the same two players tangled on the edge of the penalty area in the 72nd minute, the ball broke loose for Smith to clinch victory with a neat 20-yard chip into the empty net.

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