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Pyrrhic victory |
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Pyrrhic victory a too costly victory; “Another such victory and we are lost.” [Rom. Hist.: “Asculum I” in Eggenburger, 30–31] See : Defeat How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If a dispute gave rise to action by the AG's office, it was only to prosecute the sponsor--criminally or civilly--and often left consumers with a pyrrhic victory of seeing the sponsor punished but the underlying condition uncorrected. One chief reason for the loss seems to be that the PAN governor had used a personnel strategy similar to Fox's, thereby dooming his party to a pyrrhic victory. The point was to stage-manage American public opinion on the evolution controversy, and for that reason the Scopes trial was a Pyrrhic victory for the forces of biblical fundamentalism. |
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