Lane was still burning because he had narrowly missed election as governor of California in 1902 and laid his defeat to the antagonism of Hearst's San Francisco Examiner.

I was surprised at Mayor Miriani's defeat, but perhaps Mayor-elect Cavanagh can accomplish some things that should have been done years ago.

Indeed, the administration's curious position on the sales tax was a major factor in contributing to its defeat.

With the great Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, and the defeat of the Copperheads in the Ohio election in the fall, Lincoln maintained a strong base of party support and was in a strong position to redefine the war effort, despite the New York City draft riots.

The damage caused by Sherman's March to the Sea through Georgia in 1864 was limited to a swath, but neither Lincoln nor his commanders saw destruction as the main goal, but rather defeat of the Confederate armies.

The momentous defeat was widely recorded in the British press, which praised the Australians for their plentiful " pluck " and berated the Englishmen for their lack thereof.

:" This urn was presented to Lord Darnley by some ladies of Melbourne after the final defeat of his team, and before he returned with the members to England.

It was Australia's second consecutive innings defeat in a wet summer, and the hosts were in strong positions in the two drawn Tests, in which half the playing time was washed out.

The Triumvirate was eventually torn apart under the competing ambitions of its members: Lepidus was driven into exile and stripped of his position, and Antony committed suicide following his defeat at the Battle of Actium by Augustus in 31 BC.

Only a few weeks after his accession the Ottoman Empire sustained a crushing defeat at the Battle of Slankamen from the Austrians under Margrave Louis William of Baden and was driven from Hungary.

Pausanias failed to fight for the bodies of the dead, and because he retrieved the bodies under truce ( a sign of defeat ), he was disgraced and banished from Sparta.

Despite Van Buren's defeat, Johnson was instrumental in keeping Greene County in the Democratic column.

In Berkshire, a successful skirmish at the Battle of Englefield on 31 December 870 was followed by a severe defeat at the siege and Battle of Reading by Ivar's brother Halfdan Ragnarsson on 5 January 871 ; then, four days later, Alfred won a brilliant victory at the Battle of Ashdown on the Berkshire Downs, possibly near Compton or Aldworth.

The Danish fleet was able to defeat Alfred's fleet which may have been weakened in the previous engagement.

After Ali ibn Yusuf's death in 1143, his son Tashfin ibn Ali lost ground rapidly before the Almohads, and in 1146 he was killed by a fall from a precipice while attempting to escape after a defeat near Oran.

Their fighting was tense and they did not retreat when disadvantaged by an advancing opposing force and preferred death over defeat.

Mauregatus was succeeded by Bermudo, Alfonso's cousin, who abdicated after his defeat at the Battle of the Burbia River.

), Amasis was able to defeat an invasion of Egypt by the Babylonians under Nebuchadrezzar II ; henceforth, the Babylonians experienced sufficient difficulties controlling their empire that they were forced to abandon future attacks against Amasis.

This was because in 1448, while Skanderbeg was victoriously fighting off the Turkish invasions, three military columns, commanded by Demetrio Reres along with his sons Giorgio and Basilio, were dispatched to help Alfonso V defeat the barons of Naples who had rebelled against him.

Merlin was an Ancient, fleeing from Atlantis and later Ascends, then comes back in order build the Sangraal, or Holy Grail, to defeat the Ori.

Although an energetic campaigner, the empire during this period was just too weak to defeat its enemies in Anatolia, Bulgaria and Serbia.

The result was slaughter and defeat for the Romans.

He therefore chose ordination as an Anglican clergyman in Ireland, " lest he should sell his talents to defeat justice.

Since the ace always plays high, A-5-4-3-2 is not considered a straight ; is simply ace-high no pair ( it would therefore lose to any king-high, but would defeat A-6-4-3-2 ).

The idea of the Cup Winners ' Cup " jinx " against the defending side therefore came to prominence, particularly due to the unlikely manner of Arsenal's defeat in the 1995 final and the defeat of Paris Saint-Germain in 1997 and in 1986 English clubs were banned from Europe which prevented Everton from playing in the Champions Cup after winning a double " champions of England " and the Cup winners Cup.

Soviet strategy was therefore aimed at preserving the state, at whatever cost, and then the ultimate defeat and conquest of Germany.

After the defeat of Malacca by the Portuguese in 1511, the literary center shifted to the Johor Sultanate, and the literary language is therefore often called Johor Malay, though it is a continuation of Malacca Malay.

This was, therefore, ae prelude to a series of incidents that would lead to the loss of New France and the domination of eastern North America by the British Empire following the defeat of France in the French and Indian War ( 1754-1763 ).

1757 was therefore a bad year for the British in North America, not only because of their defeat in northern New York, but in the Ohio Valley and Nova Scotia as well.

He therefore waged his second bid for lieutenant governor, the first having resulted in defeat to Peter Zack Geer in 1962.

According to Herodotus, the Persian commanders were concerned that they would not be able to defeat the Ionian fleet and, therefore, would not be able to take Miletus.

Ultimately, a random number generator ( RNG ) determines the outcome of each battle, so it is therefore possible ( although rare ) for a Bronze Age Spearman to defeat a Modern Age Modern Armor.

Some conservatives argued this would be the easiest model to defeat in a referendum and therefore should be supported at the Convention.

Unless David had other undeclared aims and ambitions, which defeat at the Standard thwarted, therefore, the battle had no long-term significance.

The French army in the late seventies rejected Chobham armour as being overly specialised in its optimisation to defeat hollow charge-weapons ; it therefore opted to develop a steel perforated armour system, comparable to that on the early Leopard 2.

This went badly for England, with Shilton unable to stop both goals in a 2 – 0 defeat and therefore making victory in the final qualifier, against the same opposition at Wembley four months later, a necessity if England were to make the finals.

The Battle of Worth was brought on prematurely, and therefore led, not to the capture of MacMahon's army, which was intended, but only to its defeat and hasty retreat as far as Châlons.

Kariman comes with sorrow and reads Garshasp's letter which states that country of Zabulistan, Kabul is sided with Fereydun and that Fereydun shares same blood from bother side and that Garshasp is the only son of Yama the great, therefore unity between Army of Kabulistan, and Fridon means defeat to Zahak.

Crittenden's friends, therefore, held back his name from nomination to spare him almost certain defeat.

By the time of the Treaty of Arras it was clear that the split had hardened, and Orange therefore finally conceded defeat and signed the Union of Utrecht on 3 May 1579, while encouraging the Flemish and Brabant cities in Protestant hands to also join the Union.

is therefore engaged in the task of not only giving the reader examples of actual rival traditions and the different ways they can split apart, integrate or defeat one another ( e. g. Aristotelian, Augustinian, Thomist, Humean ) but also with substantiating how practical rationality and a conception of justice help constitute those traditions.

Reluctantly therefore Sunderland Albion admitted defeat, withdrew their Football League application, and folded.

Vieri was injured during the second leg of this game and therefore played no part in the semifinal defeat to city rivals Milan.

Proletarian internationalism, sometimes referred to as international socialism, is a Marxist social class concept based on the view that capitalism is now a global system, and therefore the working class must act as a global class if it is to defeat it.

French defeat in June 1940 therefore found Émile Mathis high on the " wanted " list of the victorious Germans, but he was careful to get away in time and spent the rest of war in the USA with his company Matam.

The final pair of globes have been taken by the Vortex to their future ; Ecco must therefore go there and retrieve them so that the Asterite can help him defeat the Vortex once and for all.