In a stunning landslide defeat, where ABC news had been predicting a 16 point Sandinista victory, the FSLN lost to the National Opposition Union by 14 points in elections on February 25, 1990.

Through the remainder of the 13th century, French control over Flanders steadily increased until 1302 when an attempt at total annexation by Philip IV met a stunning defeat when Count Guy ( who had the support of the guilds and craftsmen ) rallied the townspeople and humiliated the French knights at the Battle of the Golden Spurs.

More recent historians, such as Donald Kagan and R. J. Buck, have tended to support this analysis, pointing to the role that Thrasybulus played in crafting Athenian strategy in all these battles, and specifically to the decisive action he took at Cyzicus, which saved Alcibiades's force from being swamped, and turned a potential Athenian defeat into a stunning victory.

However, the corrupt and disorganised war effort, the stunning loss of life suffered by the Italian army, especially at the great defeat of Caporetto, and the economic depression that followed the war turned the King against what he perceived as an inefficient political bourgeoisie.

In his native land, Schmeling was regarded as a hero and promoted by the Nazi propaganda machine as a perfect example of German supremacy over the rest of the world by virtue of his stunning defeat of the current champion, Louis.

Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.

The imperial army suffered its most stunning defeat, losing a thousand men, many of whom drowned.

The defeat of the Relugas conspirators in the wake of this stunning victory was later referred to as " one of the most delicious comedies in British political history ".

This stunning defeat of Italian forces did not go unnoticed and soon the Deutsches Afrikakorps, commanded by Erwin Rommel were sent in to reinforce them.

On June 4, a small British army inflicted a stunning defeat on the French in the Battle of Maida, in Calabria.

This stunning and unexpected defeat led to the Russian Revolution of 1905.

In 1921, the Spanish army suffered a stunning defeat in Morocco at the Battle of Annual, which discredited the military's North African policies.

British fears over Russian expansion, however, subsided following Russia's stunning defeat in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.

* 21 March – 28 March-Regional elections held, in which the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin suffers a stunning and unprecedented defeat.

The capture of Charleston, South Carolina in 1780 not only marked a stunning defeat for American forces, but also signaled the end of the first phase in a new British war strategy.

The most stunning defeat was that of U. S. Sen. George S. McGovern ( D-S. D.

The Alliance was crucial in enabling Chōshū to withstand a punitive expedition mounted by the Tokugawa shogunate in the summer of 1866, which led to a stunning defeat for the Tokugawa armies.

He lost his next fight to Joe Bugner, surrendering all his titles in a stunning first round knockout and retired after his next fight, a fifth round defeat to big hitting Kallie Knoetze in the Ellis Park Tennis Stadium in Johannesburg.

After a stunning knockout defeat to club-fighter Willie Tiger in 1967, Fernandez announced his retirement.

Following the stunning Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, the Union commander at Hoke's Run, General Robert Patterson, was assigned popular blame without participating while the Confederate commander at Hoke's Run was assigned glory for his actions during the first major battle of the War ; thereafter, the two commanders and two engagements, one a brief skirmish and the other a major battle, cannot be uncoupled in retroanalysis.

It marked the first significant victory for the army since the stunning defeat of General George Custer at Battle of Little Bighorn in June.

The defeat was stunning.

Trailing 1 – 0 Manchester scored two goals in stoppage time, condemning Bayern to a stunning defeat.

What Haydn did not know when he wrote the Mass, but what he and his audience heard ( perhaps on the very day of the first performance September 15 ), was that on Aug. 1, Napoleon had been dealt a stunning defeat in the Battle of the Nile by British forces led by Admiral Horatio Nelson.

When Nan Patterson, a stunning and money-minded chorus girl who had appeared in a Floradora road show, rode down Broadway in a hansom cab with her married lover, Frank Young, she stopped the cab to disclose that Young had been shot dead, tearfully insisting that he had shot himself although experts said he could not have done so.

Andrea Palladio, the famous Italian architect of the 16th century, built many mansions with plain exteriors and stunning interiors filled with frescoes.

The Coalition scored a stunning victory over the ALP, winning many former ALP seats and sweeping back into power with ( at the time ) the largest parliamentary majority since Federation.

However, the painting itself is visually stunning, with the Luohan portrayed in rich detail and bright, opaque colors in contrast to a hazy, brown, and bland wooded environment.

They then slap the ball with their tail flukes, either stunning or killing up to 10 – 15 fish at a time.

Boldly abandoning ornament altogether, Mies made a dramatic modernist debut with his stunning competition proposal for the faceted all-glass Friedrichstraße skyscraper in 1921, followed by a taller curved version in 1922 named the Glass Skyscraper .< ref > Compare Arthur Lubow's " The Contextualizer ," New York Times.

Khrushchev specifically wanted his engineers to deliver a " space spectacular ," a mission that would repeat the triumph of Sputnik I, stunning the world with Soviet prowess.

In every scene, she holds you captive with her stunning beauty, demanding screen presence, expressive acting and excellent dancing skills.

As Chandramukhi, she is simply stunning, lending passion, fire and gentleness with such consummate ease that watching her perform is sheer delight.

The very high site of the town offers stunning views over the Asso, Ombrone and Arbia valleys of Tuscany, dotted with silvery olive orchards, vineyards, fields and villages.

" Annlee Ellingson of Box Office magazine wrote " Cruz is stunning in the role — innocent and vulnerable yet possessing a mature grace and determined strength, all while sizzling with unchecked sensuality.

When ( modern ) Klingon Worf and his crewmates see an original-series Klingon, his crewmates ask about the stunning difference in appearance ; Worf says tersely that the matter is something Klingons " do not discuss with outsiders ".

Lincecum outdueled Cliff Lee in an every-pitch-matters matchup that was scoreless until Edgar Rentería hit a stunning three-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning.

With the maturation of quarterback Doug Williams and future 4-time Pro Bowl tight end Jimmie Giles, the first 1000-yard rushing season from running back Ricky Bell, and a smothering, league-leading defense led by future NFL Hall of Famer Lee Roy Selmon, the Bucs kicked off the season with five consecutive victories, a stunning performance that landed them on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

News is gathered widely and reports on the almost-unbelievable, headline-making stories which Daily Sun journalist / news gatherers write from their encounters with real people, and astounding ‘ eye-witness ’ accounts of bizarre occurrences which are literally stunning.

The stunning Prussian victory over the Second French Empire in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 is sometimes partly credited to the training of Prussian officers with the game Kriegspiel, which was invented around 1811 and gained popularity with many officers in the Prussian army.

Louis Comfort Tiffany made his reputation with a stunning chapel designed and built for the Exposition.

He was this guy with a massive ego two seconds before ... and it's stunning.

Fall and spring are generally relatively mild and pleasant, with fall foliage regarded as some of the most stunning in the country.

Because the cult of the cross was spreading at about the same time, this comparison met with stunning success.

In the United States, there is the Humane Slaughter Act of 1958, a law requiring that all swine, sheep, cattle, and horses be stunned unconscious with just one application of a stunning device by a trained person before being shackled and hoisted up on the line ( chickens are exempt from this Act ).

In large-scale operations like fish farms, stunning fish with electricity or putting them into water saturated with nitrogen so that they cannot breathe, results in death more rapidly than just taking them out of the water.