Word: pyrrhic
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Seeded second behind Duke in the post-season tournament, North Carolina held true to form. Teasley scored 25 points and Brown added 23 in the first round of the tourney when the team beat Maryland, 78-53. It was somewhat of a Pyrrhic victory, however, as Metcalf strained her right shoulder and was ineffective the rest of the tournament...
Arbitration can cost a bundle in nonrefundable fees and takes an average of 12 1/2 months from beginning to end. And victory can be Pyrrhic. According to a government study, only a fifth of the $161 million awarded to customers was paid out in 1998, in part because investors were stuck dealing with paperwork while their dishonest brokers skipped town or filed for bankruptcy. Although NASD is doing a better job of tracking award payments, the agency can't force defunct brokers to cough up anything. Starting this month, however, investors in such cases will be allowed to bypass...
...this victory is a pyrrhic if the costs are our constitutional rights and the racially-neutral law enforcement in America. Focusing on disorderly offenses has permitted and indeed invited over-zealous and discriminatory street policing of the kind that led to the Diallo tragedy and daily indignities. According to the state attorney general, blacks are stopped 2.1 times more often than whites in New York...
...even victory may have a price. "The Cuban-American leadership may not have factored in the negative impact of their actions on American public opinion. With polls reflecting that a majority of Americans favor returning Elian to Cuba, even winning the case may turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory for the Miami leadership...