Since the advent of the World Cup in 1930, two trophies have represented victory: the Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 1970, and the FIFA World Cup Trophy from 1974 to the present day.

Though the election represented a victory for the center-right, personality conflicts and scandals within the two largest right of center parties – Latvian Way and the People's Party – prevented stable coalitions from forming.

Local elections in 2001 represented a victory for the left-of-center parties in several municipalities, including Rīga.

Van Buren's presidential victory represented a broader victory for Jackson and the party.

To middle-class and working-class political activists, this new constitution represented a step backward and a victory for the planters.

A member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, where he represented the Sydney suburb of Balmain, Storey became the state Premier in 1920 when Labor achieved an electoral victory there.

In another account, the battle is represented as having resulted in a complete victory for Diocletian, for Carinus ' army deserted him.

By the time Alberic I was killed at Orte in 924, the Roman landowners had won complete victory over the traditional bureaucracy represented by the papal curia.

L. Mason Spencer, husband of Rosa Sevier Spencer, represented Madison Parish in the Louisiana House and planned to run for governor of Louisiana in 1935 but withdrew his candidacy, and victory went to Richard Leche of New Orleans.

Some in Taiwan believed that Lee's action was a deliberate attempt to sabotage the Kuomintang to ensure victory for Chen, who represented the DPP.

The theophoric name Bahram comes from middle Persian Varahrän, ' victory ', that is represented by the Zoroastrian divinity of the same name ( see Vahram ).

The battle was an important propaganda victory for Mazarin and Enghien, the future " Great Condé " and represented a weakening of the besieged Spanish Low Countries.

Conversely the final policy represented a victory for business interests ( who feared competition from the government in the area of applied research and who saw Kilgore's patent law proposal as a threat to their property rights ) and for scientists ( who gained control of what would later become an important source of resources and professional autonomy ).

Coin of Alexander II Zabinas ; Jupiter is represented on the reverse, holding in his right hand a small image of victory.

Some of the members argued that the offensive represented an opportunity to defeat the North Vietnamese on American terms while others pointed out that neither side could win militarily, that North Vietnam could match any troop increase, that the bombing of the North be halted, and that a change in strategy was required that would seek not victory, but the staying power required to reach a negotiated settlement.

At Bragging Rights, Mysterio represented Team SmackDown, and despite an attack by teammate Del Rio, he and Edge managed to defeat the rest of Team Raw, giving Team SmackDown the victory.

To commemorate his Sicilian victory, he arranged for it to be pictorially represented on the wall of the Curia Hostilia, the first example of an historical fresco at Rome.

After the liberation of Paris he represented the Resistance in the victory parade.

The Yorkist commander, later Edward IV, convinced his initially frightened troops that it represented the Holy Trinity and Edward's troops won a decisive victory.

In the period preceding Adolf Hitler's victory in Germany, the Stalinised Comintern argued that the social democrats were " social fascists " and that they, rather than the Nazis, represented the real danger.

The United States was represented by General " Mad Anthony " Wayne, who led the victory at Fallen Timbers.

An early victory came in Fricke v. Lynch ( 1980 ), in which GLAD represented Aaron Fricke, an 18-year-old student at Cumberland High School in Rhode Island, who won the right to bring a same-sex date to a high school dance.

Similarly, deer designs were very prevalent as they were intended to bring prosperity and long life ; the stag represented leadership, victory, joy and masculinity.

In the Christian era it represented bounty, hope, and the victory of life over death.

The crossing of the St. Bernard Pass had allowed the French to surprise the Austrian army and win victory at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800.

The Gore victory was not a surprise since Kemp had been outmatched by Gore in previous encounters, and Gore had a reputation as an experienced and vaunted debater.

His first campaign against the French marshal Guebriant was uneventful, but his second ( 1643 ) in which Baron Franz von Mercy was his commander-in-chief, ended with the victory of Tuttlingen, a surprise on a large scale, in which Werth naturally played the leading part.

Although she had been a quite accomplished runner, the victory of El Moutawakel, who studied at Iowa State University at the time, was a surprise.

Bower goes on to tell a story about Robin Hood in which he refuses to flee from his enemies while hearing Mass in the greenwood, and then gains a surprise victory over them, apparently as a reward for his piety.

He expresses surprise at the Agent's victory, saying: " This American ... he has ruined everything !".

Powell's supporters claim that he contributed to the Conservatives ' surprise victory in the 1970 general election, which showed a late surge in Conservative support.

Truman's surprise victory was the fifth consecutive presidential win for the Democratic Party.

Stassen stunned Dewey and MacArthur in the Wisconsin primary ; Stassen's surprise victory virtually eliminated General MacArthur, whose supporters had made a major effort on his behalf.

The experience of the failure to contain the British attacks at Ypres and the drastic reduction in areas of the western front which could be considered ' quiet ', after the tank and artillery surprise at Cambrai, left the German Oberste Heeresleitung with little choice but to return to a strategy of decisive victory in 1918.

The conflict began well for the English, with the capture of New Amsterdam ( renamed New York in honour of Charles's brother James, Duke of York ) and a victory at the Battle of Lowestoft, but in 1667 the Dutch launched a surprise attack on the English ( the Raid on the Medway ) when they sailed up the River Thames to where a major part of the English fleet was docked.

She was appointed Opposition Leader in 1999, and won a surprise victory at the 2001 territory election, becoming the first Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) and first female Chief Minister of the Northern Territory.

The victory of James K. Polk ( Democrat ) over Henry Clay ( Whig ) in the 1844 presidential election had caught the southern Whigs by surprise.

Mulroney enthusiastically embraced political organization, and assisted the local PC candidate in his successful 1956 Nova Scotia provincial election campaign ; the PCs, led provincially by Robert Stanfield, swept to a surprise victory.

Taylor made only 10 as Australia chased 289 for victory, but made a surprise tactic by sending in Shane Warne as a pinch hitter.

In 1939 Mercedes wasn't to be taken by surprise, Hermann Lang leading the team to a double victory.

This surprise attack and victory set the stage for Washington's subsequent victories at the Second Battle of Trenton and Princeton.

On 15 November 1315, Leopold of Austria led a large army of knights to crush the rebellious confederates, planning a surprise attack from the south via Lake Aegeri and the Morgarten pass, and counting on a complete victory over the rebellious peasants.

The beaten side included five of the same players who would go on later that year to win Germany's first World Cup in a surprise victory known as the Miracle of Bern.

Despite the Conservatives ' surprise victory in the April 1992 general election, for these reasons, the ERM policy proved increasingly unsustainable and collapsed on Black Wednesday, when Lamont was forced to withdraw the pound from the ERM despite assuring the public that he would not do so just a week earlier.

In the 1943 season, he led the Flying Wildcats to a surprise victory to win his first of six Grey Cups.

It was here that when most closely beset by his enemies, who had tracked him to his fastness by sleuth hounds, Bruce with the aid of a few faithful followers won a surprise victory over the English in 1307 which proved the turning-point of his fortunes.

According to most accounts, the popularity of Powell's perspective on race may have played a decisive contributory factor in the Conservatives ' surprise victory in the 1970 general election, and he became one of the most persistent rebels opposing the subsequent Heath government.

They were unaware of Eärnil's victory in the south and were taken by surprise when Eärnil suddenly attacked them.

Morales has run for president in several recent elections with several close calls, and in 2005 he finally won a surprise victory, winning the largest majority vote since Bolivia returned to democracy and declaring himself to be the first indigenous president of Bolivia.