Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff ( sometimes referred to as von Ludendorff ) ( 9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937 ) was a German general, victor of Liège and of the Battle of Tannenberg.

The charge was so farfetched that Woodruff paid little attention to it, and answered Pike in a rather bored way, wearily declaring that a `` new hand '' was pumping the bellows of the Crittenden organ, and concluding: `` In a controversy with an adversary so utterly destitute of moral principles, even a triumph would entitle the victor to no laurels.

Davenport was again the victor by only two votes.

The most famous story, first published in a collection called Break of Dark, is titled Blackham's Wimpy, the name of a Vickers Wellington Bomber featured in the story, whose nickname comes from the character J. Wellington Wimpy from the Popeye comics and cartoons ( the Wellington was named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor over Napoleon ).

In 1704, Newton published Opticks and, at the time, partly because of his success in other areas of physics, he was generally considered to be the victor in the debate over the nature of light.

Even before Scott's death was known, Amundsen had been offended by what he felt was a " sneering toast "' from RGS President Lord Curzon, at a meeting held supposedly to honour the polar victor.

Each man believes he was the victor.

The dynasty was founded by the Roman general Septimius Severus, who rose to power as the victor of the civil war through 193, known as the Year of the Five Emperors.

In interpretations of the story that follow the formulas of Frazer's The Golden Bough, Cercyon was a " year-King ", who was required to do an annual battle for his life, for the good of his kingdom, and was succeeded by the victor.

It was his discernment that selected Wolfe to lead the attack on Quebec, and gave him the opportunity of dying a victor on the heights of Abraham.

The Continental campaign was carried on by Cumberland, defeated at Hastenbeck and forced to surrender at Convention of Klosterzeven ( 1757 ) and thereafter by Ferdinand of Brunswick, later victor at Minden ; Britain's Continental campaign had two major strands, firstly subsidising allies, particularly Frederick the Great, and second, financing an army to divert French resources from the colonial war and to also defend Hanover ( which was the territory of the Kings of England at this time )

Nevertheless, MMD presidential candidate Levy Mwanawasa was declared the victor by a narrow margin, and he was sworn into office on January 2, 2002.

The triumphal destination was the temple of Jupiter Capitolinis ( Capitoline Jupiter ), to whom the victor offered his laurel crown and two perfect white bulls as a thanks-offering.

This takeover was considered far more important than was the choice of presidential candidate, and the committee decided to take no position on who should win the race for the nomination, reasoning that the victor, no matter who he was, would be a silver man.

Abercrombie was recalled and replaced by Jeffery Amherst, victor at Louisbourg.

He was recalled at the outbreak of World War I, and first came to national attention, at the age of 66, as the victor at Tannenberg in 1914.

Eck was greeted as victor by the theologians of the University of Leipzig, who overwhelmed him with honors and sent him away with gifts.

Kérékou's principal opponent at the presidential poll, and the ultimate victor, was Prime Minister Nicéphore Soglo.

On the daily syndicated series, each game awarded its victor a prize, and players who won the most games competed in a $ 100, 000 tournament.

These ' guardianships ' most often were simply awarded to the former colonial power or if that was a loser in the preceding World War, to the ' liberating ' Allied victor ( s ).

Besides these prizes of honor, the city of Athens awarded victorious Athenians with an extra 100 drachmas .< ref > From Solon ( 638 – 558 BC ) onwards, for he laid it down that “ the victor in the Isthmian games was to be paid a hundred drachmas, and the Olympic victor five hundred ” ( Plutarch, Live of Solon 23. 3 ).

Command was awarded to Admiral Edward Vernon, the victor of Porto Bello, who was given a force of 31, 000 soldiers and sailors to take the city.

The Monon Bell ( pronounced MOE-non ) is the trophy awarded to the victor of the annual college football matchup between the DePauw University Tigers ( in Greencastle, Indiana ) and the Wabash College Little Giants ( in Crawfordsville, Indiana ) in the United States.

Fulk V was awarded in Wardship, probably by Simon de Montfort, victor of Lewes, to Peter de Montfort ( d. 1265 ), " The Nemesis of the Marcher Lords ".

The Bronze Turkey trophy, awarded annually to the victor of the football game, was created in 1928 and is the brainchild of Knox football alumnus Bill Collins.

At first, this was awarded to the victor in a separate sports car race, run within a week of the Coppa Montenero.

At the end of the fourth quarter, the team with the most points is declared the victor and is awarded $ 5, 000.

Dr. Hibbert is declared second placed victor, with first place awarded to a strange old witch.

Since 1950, the victor of the game has been awarded a mounted Southern Railway train bell that is painted in the colors of both high schools.

A world cup is generally considered the premier competition in its sport, with the victor attaining the highest honour in that sport and able to lay claim to the title of their sport's best.

The tilter who scores the highest number of points ( punat ) is declared victor.

* John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696 ; military leader ; monarch of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ; victor of the Battle of Vienna

In spite of its undoubted inferiority in purely military terms the Foundation emerges as the victor and the Empire itself is defeated.

Laval realized that only through this position could he effect a reversal of alliances and bring himself to favour with Nazi Germany, the military power he viewed as the inevitable victor.

He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles, but his military career was effectively ended following his disastrous defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863.

Relying on Syrian military support, Muawiyah emerged as the victor in the First Fitna and established the Umayyad Caliphate.

Upon returning to Paris, he was greeted as the victor of the war, receiving another decoration, French this time, the Grand Order of the Legion of Honor.

In 353, Constantius and Magnentius met for what would be the final time at the Battle of Mons Seleucus in southern Gaul, and again, Constantius emerged the victor.

The three referees vote for victor by each raising one of their respective flags simultaneously.

This colorful name for the culmination of the tournament echoes the words of the playwright Zeami to represent the excitement of the decisive bouts and the celebration of the victor.

In ordinary life, the struggle is not for guns but for words ; whoever first defines the situation is the victor ; his adversary, the victim.

These positions represent a scale of self-consciousness and self-actualization for the victim in the “ victor / victim ” relationship.

Under the entry for 516, the Annales say that Arthur fought at Badon carrying " the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ on his shoulders for three days and three nights …", and emerged the victor.

While Spassky was undefeated and handed tournament victor Larsen one of his three losses, his fourteen draws kept him from seriously contending for first prize, as he came two points behind Larsen.

Diomedes received the prize for the victor.

The " reversal of fortune " space, which initiates a minigame by which the victor would receive another player's stars or coins, was criticised for similar reasons, as it potentially penalises players who do well in the game.

Within a week his army suffered such catastrophic defeats that the victor of Tirlemont defected infamously to the royalists for the rest of his life.

The victor of these challenges becomes responsible for the wife, children, and certain possessions of the defeated.

Because a duel is fought without water-retaining stillsuits, the victor is entitled to the deathstill-reclaimed water of the deceased to make up for the moisture sacrificed in the fight.

The late ninth-century Chronica Prophetica indeed blames the Goths ' defeat on their lack of penance for their sins: " The city of Toledo, victor of all peoples, succombed as a victim to the triumphant Ishmaelites, and deserved to be subjected to them.

The media captured the events and reactions at the time thus :" Previously regarded as a gentlemanly leader with a passion for golf, Kibaki has revealed a steely side. With a reputation as a mild-mannered, old-school gentleman ,... Kibaki, 76, showed a steely core by swearing himself in within an hour of being pronounced victor in an election denounced as fraudulent by opposition challenger Raila Odinga and questioned by international and Kenyan observers. Odinga's supporters said he would be declared president at a rival ceremony on Monday, but police banned the event hundreds of riot police sealed off the proposed venue, Uhuru Park for several days.

He also considered running for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator John East in 1986, but was discouraged by the entry of Sanford, the eventual victor, into the race.

The victor was given the exclusive right to prepare his dish for one year.

When Emilio Aguinaldo ran for President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935, his opponent Manuel L. Quezón ( the eventual victor ) invoked the memory of Bonifacio against him, the bones being the result of Bonifacio's execution at Aguinaldo's hands.

" To the victor goes the spoils " has been a war cry for centuries and women were included as part of the spoils of war.