In 1961 the first important legislative victory of the Kennedy Administration came when the principle of national responsibility for local economic distress won out over a `` state's-responsibility '' proposal -- provision was made for payment for unemployment relief by nation-wide taxation rather than by a levy only on those states afflicted with manpower surplus.

As a stanch party man and a rabid Democrat, he had little tolerance for Whigs like Pike, and Pike lost any immediate personal advantage his victory over Woodruff might have gained him.

This nettled the children into the revelation of exact truth, a sacrifice of their secret superiority over grown people, but a victory in the wide fields of perpetration and illegitimate accomplishment.

It follows that victory over Communism is the dominant, proximate goal of American policy.

Proximate in the sense that there are more distant, more `` positive '' ends we seek, to which victory over Communism is but a means.

`` We're just real happy for the players '', Coach Bill Meek said of the 9-7 victory over the Air Force Academy.

The Dallas Texans were back home Monday with their third victory in four American Football League starts -- a 19-12 triumph over the Denver Broncos -- but their visit will be a short one.

Rabb, the former Louisiana State field general, came off the bench for his debut with the Bills Sunday and directed his new team to a 22-12 upset victory over the Houston Oilers, defending league champions.

-- Billy Gardner's line double, which just eluded the diving Minnie Minoso in left field, drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run with two out in the last of the ninth to give the Minnesota Twins a 6-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox Monday.

Thereafter, until the Masters, Player gradually increased his lead over Palmer in winnings and added one more tournament victory at Miami.

He had noticed before that the natives seemed to regard really filthy weather as a kind of Pyhrric victory over the tourists.

The Dying Gaul c. 230 BC, a Roman copy of a Greek statue commemorating the victory over the Celtic Galatia ns in Anatolia.

With victory over Mexico Northerners attempted in the Wilmot Proviso to exclude slavery from conquered territories ; it never passed.

The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.

The series was overshadowed by the furore over various Australian bowlers, most notably Ian Meckiff, whom the English management and media accused of illegally throwing Australia to victory.

However, in general, the books only feature mental battles when there is some reason for mind-to-mind contact ( for example, Trump contact ) and magic or Trump is involved in all three of the above conflicts, so it is not clear whether Zelazny intended his characters to have such a power ; the combination of Brand's " living trump " powers and his high Psyche ( as presented in the roleplaying game ) would have guaranteed him victory over Corwin.

* 1759 – Seven Years ' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French.

He was given the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus, his cognomen possibly commemorating his father's victory at Thurii over a rebellious band of slaves.

In the Battle of Abensberg on 19 – 20 April 1809, Napoleon gained a significant victory over the Austrians under Archduke Louis of Austria and General Johann von Hiller.

The chief causes of his victory over his opponents were his great popularity and the reverence paid to the episcopal character at that period.

According to the Tanakh, however, Ahab with 7, 000 troops had previously overthrown Ben-hadad and his thirty-two kings, who had come to lay siege to Samaria, and in the following year obtained a decisive victory over him at Aphek, probably in the plain of Sharon at Antipatris ( 1 Kings 20 ).

* 1415 – Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Battle of Ceuta.

* 1760 – Seven Years ' War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.

When the Gothic campaign ended in Roman victory at the Battle of Naissus in September, Gallienus ' successor Claudius II Gothicus turned north to deal with the Alemanni, who were swarming over all Italy north of the Po River.

* 1121 – Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

Andre Carson won the endorsement of U. S. Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., for the primary victory.

2 driver Andre Lotterer driving the Open Interface TOM's SC to victory at the opening round at Suzuka giving the SC 430 its first victory on its debut race.

Medvedev dominated the first two sets of the final against Andre Agassi before Agassi mounted a come-from-behind victory, which allowed him to complete a career Grand Slam.

On 11 October 2006, Malta managed another competitive victory, a 2 – 1 triumph over Hungary in the European Championship qualifying with Andre Schembri scoring twice.

" Although the subsequent feud on the house show circuit saw Andre victorious after most of those matches, Roberts can claim a victory via disqualification over André after André attacked special guest referee Big John Studd at WrestleMania V.

Joey Gomes hit an RBI single in the first inning, and Andre Marshall added a solo home run in the fourth to give the Flyers all they would need for the victory.

The Heenan Family scored the first major victory in the feud when Heenan helped instigate a 2-on-1 attack on Andre, an incident that resulted in Studd and Patera cutting Andre's famous locks of hair.

He exchanged it for another Alcyon bicycle, which he rode to victory in Paris ahead of teammates Andre Leducq and De Waele.

His victory reinforced the idea that, although the tournament had tended to be dominated by serve-and-volleyers, a baseliner could still triumph on grass ( Hewitt was the first ' baseliner ' to win the tournament since Agassi in 1992 ).

) Sampras failed to defend his Australian Open title, losing in the quarterfinals to Karol Kučera, and won Wimbledon only after a hard-fought five-set victory over Goran Ivanišević.

This victory was his eighth consecutive win in a Grand Slam final ( starting at 1995 Wimbledon ), which remains a record in the Open Era.

After losing for a third consecutive time against Rafter, Sampras won their final four meetings, including a four-set victory in the 2000 Wimbledon final, after being down a set and trailing in the second-set tiebreaker.

The victory gave Sampras his 13th Grand Slam title, breaking the record of 12 by Roy Emerson and at that time giving Sampras the most Grand Slam titles in history, until his record was eclipsed by Roger Federer following the 2009 Wimbledon final.

At Wimbledon, Graf lost in the semifinals to Zina Garrison, who with this victory broke Graf's string of 13 consecutive Grand Slam finals.

She returned in February at the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, USA, defeating top-seeded Shahar Pe ' er in the final, her first singles title since her victory at Wimbledon in 2005.

At that Wimbledon, he lost in the second round to eventual champion Federer, 6 – 4, 6 – 0, 6 – 2, after a five-set victory over Robin Söderling of Sweden in the first round.

* Biggest home victory: AFC Wimbledon 9 – 0 Slough Town, 31 March 2007in the Isthmian League Premier Division.

* Biggest away victory: Chessington United 0 – 9 AFC Wimbledon, 14 February 2004 in the Combined Counties League Premier Division.

* Biggest home victory in the Football League: AFC Wimbledon 4 – 0 Burton Albion, 24 March 2012 in Football League Two.

Cheltenham turned to Bobby Gould, one of the most experienced managers in English football whose exploits include an FA Cup victory with Wimbledon in 1988.

After his runner-up finishes at Sydney and Wimbledon and his victory at the US Open in 1970, Rosewall continued his good performances in 1971 in the great grass court tournaments.

This win also marked her first main draw victory at Wimbledon in fifteen years.

Zvonareva's first victory against Clijsters came at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.

His 1924 Wimbledon victory made him the first player from outside the English-speaking world to win the tournament.

He was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and is best remembered for his singles victory at the U. S. Open Championships in 1963, winning Wimbledon Doubles championships twice, the U. S. Open Championships doubles once, and for leading Mexico to its only Davis Cup Final round appearance in 1962.

When Wimbledon went into administration, Shipperley chose to remain at Selhurst Park, transferring back to Crystal Palace ( Wimbledon had been groundsharing with the Eagles ), and during the 2003 – 04 season he captained them to promotion to the top level, scoring in the play-off semi-final home win over Sunderland, and the winning goal in the final victory over West Ham United.

15 of those goals were in the Premier League and at one point he managed seven goals in six games including braces against Wimbledon in a 7-1 victory, and Sheffield Wednesday.

Hrbatý sat immediately next to Federer and had an amicable conversation with him during the last changeover of the match, telling Federer that this may be Hrbatý's last Wimbledon and that, as a joke, this has been the first victory for Federer in a match against him.

She also reached the semifinals of the Japan Open in Tokyo and the 4th round at Wimbledon, where she defeated number five Anke Huber, her third Top-10 and first Top-5 victory.

He announced his retirement from competitive football after AFC Wimbledon sealed promotion to the Conference South following a 2 – 1 Isthmian League Premier play-off final victory over Staines Town.

Berdych reached his first final since the 2010 Wimbledon Championships after a hard-fought 6 – 4, 4 – 6, 6 – 1 victory over top seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

For the third year running, she received a wild card into the main draw of Wimbledon where she forced the former world No. 5, Jelena Dokić, to fight for her eventual three-set victory.