Word: pyrrhic
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...those expectations, Harvard's victory seemed Pyrrhic at best. The Crimson gave up 397 yards total offense, blew an 18-point lead and, in general, had to coax a John Elwayesque late-game performance out at senior quarterback Vin Ferrara to snatch the win. Conventional wisdom was that Saturday's game was hardly a promising beginning...
...recent ruling by Federal Court Judge Charles E. Richey, requiring that an environmental impact statement must be drafted before NAFTA can be presented to Congress for ratification, may prove to be a pyrrhic victory for the groups (Sierra Club, Friends Of The Earth and Ralph Nader's Public Citizen who filed the suit...
...thus witness a tragic irony: Gravely ill patients fight their doctors not to treat them, not to spend millions on a futile battle that offers them only the prospect of a Pyrrhic victory. Patients, understanding what blind dogma won't recognize, arm themselves with do-not-resuscitate orders and living wills...
...deeply divided that the President emerged the apparent winner in his first electoral encounter in 14 years. Running against seven challengers, he squeaked by with 38% of the popular vote, though half of his Cabinet ministers went down to defeat. Moi's victory may ultimately prove to be Pyrrhic: widespread reports of fraud, vote rigging, bribery and government intimidation prompted opposition leaders, at last in unison, to reject election results and demand a new vote...
...throughout an unusually harsh campaign season. Starting last January, he repeatedly had to persuade voters that despite what they were hearing about Gennifer Flowers and draft evasion, he was a reliable agent of change. This fall, desperate to catch up, Bush ferociously attacked Clinton, but the President won a Pyrrhic victory. Earlier surveys showed that the public doubted Clinton's credibility and gave him higher negative ratings than a front runner usually gets. On Election Day, half of those who rated a candidate's honesty as an important quality voted for Bush. But that group amounted to only...