Word: pyrrhic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gains made in these fights will improve the lot of the people affected and because they lay a basis for further successful struggles against exploitation, war, racism, and dehumanization. We disagree with other radical left organizations who believe the road to socialism is based on defeats or, at best, Pyrrhic victories. Such defeats can only demoralize and slow down the people. We believe the road to socialism is paved with victories in relevant struggles...
JOHN J. BROWNE Houston Pyrrhic for Whom...
...Pyrrhic victory may be a disappointment to the individual involved, but what appears to be a Pyrrhic victory [April 231 for one may ensure to all the citizens of this country the rights we too often take for granted...
...three decades, the court has slowly extended the right to counsel in a series of decisions that were often Pyrrhic victories for theappellants involved. Items...
...Pyrrhic Victory. With that, the newspapers erupted in a new frenzy, accused Frederika of everything from pathos, which in modern Greek can mean "evil stubbornness," to being "unqueenly" in using the press to defend herself, warned that she had "hard days to live...