However, due to Eisenhower's persistence, the pivotal supply port at Antwerp was successfully, albeit belatedly, opened in late 1944, and victory became a more distinct probability.

Despite the British economy then being in recession, he led the Conservatives to a fourth consecutive election victory, winning the most votes in British electoral history ( 14 million ) in the 1992 general election, albeit with a much reduced majority in the House of Commons.

In 1906, the " Milwaukee Meteor " repeated his Olympic 100 m victory in Athens, a feat not equalled until 1988, when Carl Lewis won the 100 m twice in a row ( albeit after disqualification of Ben Johnson ).

He quickly rose up the ranks, and was known as a good strategist, albeit cautious, with an aversion to attacking unless victory appeared almost assured.

It is a victory of sorts, albeit a hollow one.

For the Austrians, Aspen-Essling was a victory, albeit a costly one.

Arnhem was a victory for the Germans ( albeit tempered by their losses further south ) and a major defeat for the British army.

" However he went on to take the chequered flag with a convincing victory over Michael Schumacher, albeit after McLaren teammate Montoya retired with driveshaft failure while leading.

Results in Europe have been mixed-some notable successes, such as Barry Town's run to the first round proper of the UEFA Cup, drawing 3 – 3 with Aberdeen at Jenner Park, and Barry's 3 – 1 victory over FC Porto in the UEFA Champions League ( albeit losing 3-9 on aggregate ), stand alongside some heavy defeats, such as Total Network Solutions ' 12 – 1 aggregate defeat to Amica Wronki of Poland.

The third part of Khodorkovsky's essay / thesis " Left Turn " with the subheading " Global Perestroika " was published in Vedomosti on 7 November 2008, in which he stated: " Barack Obama's victory in the US presidential elections is not simply the latest change of power in one individual country, albeit a superpower.

Fittingly, the new Barry team would register a surprise, albeit merited, victory, with Barry's Ralph Isherwood scoring the very first goal at Jenner Park just three minutes into the contest.

Although Byzantine accounts report that Thomas's army was routed, modern scholars consider the battle an, albeit costly, victory for the latter.

1996 saw an opening with Mitsubishi Ralliart at international level, seized upon with sufficient vigour to guide Burns to victory on that year's Rally New Zealand – albeit then, only a fixture within the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.

The 1949 cantonal elections, albeit delayed in fear of an RPF breakthrough, produced another RPF victory ( although smaller than the victory in the municipal elections ).

The victory was commemorated by Russia's first, albeit unofficial, national anthem, " Let the thunder of victory sound!

The battle was a victory for the Cree, albeit a hollow one.

The feeling among Israelis was not only that CSKA Moscow had been defeated, but that a victory – albeit small – had been achieved against the mighty Soviet Union.

He won a sensational, albeit narrow, victory.

Carson's victory came despite a majority of votes being cast for pro-Sunningdale candidates, albeit split between the Pro-Assembly Unionists, the Social Democratic and Labour Party and the Northern Ireland Labour Party.

Although Ross ' career has predominantly been as a commentator, Ross has participated in matches, with some notable success, including a victory over Triple H in a no-DQ match ( albeit with help from Batista ).

Later, Coachman achieved a singles victory on pay-per-view at Backlash, in 2004 by defeating Tajiri ( albeit with the assistance of Garrison Cade ).

A resurgence towards the end of the season saw Toyota claim another two podiums ( in Singapore and Japan ) and secure fifth place in the constructors ' title, albeit without the targeted first victory.

However, Ríos Montt won this partial victory at an enormous cost in civilian deaths.

* June 19 – The fast food chain McDonald's wins a partial victory in its libel trial, known as the McLibel case, against two environmental campaigners.

Conrad's failure to make anything of his position in Italy, causing him to return in 1130 without anything to show for it, assured at least a partial victory for Lothair.

Although McDonald's won two hearings of the case in English courts, the partial nature of the victory, the David-vs-Goliath nature of the case, and the drawn-out litigation embarrassed the company.

Catalan nationalism, under the leadership of Prat de la Riba, achieved in 1913 a victory in obtaining partial self-government for the " Commonwealth " ( Catalan: Mancomunitat ; Spanish: Mancomunidad ), a grouping of the four Catalan provinces, presided over first by Prat de la Riba, and later by Josep Puig i Cadafalch ; this was later suppressed in March 1925, during the 1923-1930 dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

Schmeiser won a partial victory, as the Supreme Court reversed on damages, finding that because Schmeiser did not gain any profit from the infringement, he did not owe Monsanto any damages nor did he have to pay Monsanto's substantial legal bills.

This proved to be a partial victory as the Dutch fleet wasn't destroyed.

Ben disables the station while Jacen keeps Thrackan busy, ensuring the Galactic Alliance's partial victory as another fleet built in secret spoils the main attack.

Churchill was unhappy with the inclusion of references to peoples ' right to " self-determination " and stated that he considered the Charter an " interim and partial statement of war aims designed to reassure all countries of our righteous purpose and not the complete structure which we should build after the victory.

The elections held on the demise of the Crown resulted in a Gustav's partial victory for the Caps, especially among the lower orders ; but in the estate of the peasantry their majority was merely nominal, while the mass of the nobility was dead against them.

Sophie was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession in which she was one of the belligerents.

A partial inscription on the base of the statue includes the word " Rhodios " ( Rhodian ), indicating that the statue was commissioned to celebrate a naval victory by Rhodes, at that time the most powerful maritime state in the Aegean.

Although McDonald's won two hearings of the case in English court, the partial nature of the victory, the David-vs-Goliath nature of the case, and the drawn-out litigation embarrassed the company.

After Finland refused the terms of a Soviet pact of mutual assistance, the USSR invaded Finland in November 1939 in what became known as the Winter War – a bitter conflict that only resulted in partial Soviet victory.

After this partial victory, Pier and his army stormed both Nieuwburg and Middleburg Castle near Alkmaar, plundered and set them on fire, leaving only ruins.

Prior to trial, during the discovery phase of the litigation, Tylo's lawyers won a partial victory in an interlocutory appeal challenging a lower court's order compelling her to answer a broad range of personal questions.

In the midst of their duel, Ratbat's Decepticons attacked, and the two put aside their differences to lead the Autobots to a partial victory.

For Laker Airways this turned out to be a partial victory because the ATLA continued to refuse a reciprocal permit, without which Laker's service remained grounded.

However, this partial victory was won at an enormous cost in civilian deaths.

This partial victory infused new hope into the Jews of the German districts, who made still greater efforts in the struggle for freedom.

* Madsen v. Women's Health Center ( 1994 ) In a partial victory for Liberty Counsel, the United States Supreme Court defined the limits of injunctive relief available to abortion clinics against pickets and demonstrators.

The ILGWU was able to turn the partial victory of the Great Revolt into a lasting victory ; within two years it had organized roughly ninety percent of the cloakmakers in the industry in New York City.

Though the station ( the first commercial FM rock station in the Albany market ) did very well with the new format, protests over the format flip among classical music listeners were intense and a partial victory was claimed in late 1971 when the Troy Record sold WFLY to Functional Broadcasting and the station flipped to an easy listening / classical hybrid.