Word: pyrrhus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Moreover, opponents are threatening a prolonged talkathon that could drag on into next year's presidential primary season. If so, demands would rise that a vote be put off until after the elections. Altogether, it was an unhappy week for SALT backers, who could echo King Pyrrhus:"Another such victory and I shall be ruined...
When the Greek general Pyrrhus knocked the Romans around way back when, he soon became a discouraged man, despite his victories...