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Even saving a break point to hold in the third game – staying ahead on the serving cycle – was greeted as a minor triumph for Cilic.

André Villas-Boas's heart probably sank when he learnt about this trip to Cumbria but it turned into a minor triumph for Tottenham Hotspur's head coach.

The judge said the defense motions could be renewed once the prosecution completed its case, and, in a minor triumph for the defendants, ordered the government to produce a list of co-conspirators by Dec. 15.

And that is at least a minor triumph for one of the less visible minorities: the Hollywood right.

Gjon Mili's 1944 short "Jammin' The Blues" is a minor triumph for a man best known for some very famous still images.

But it was a minor triumph for a presidential candidate who after his convincing win in New Hampshire had not had to scrap for position on the morning programs.

Eventually Sánchez got his second, a minor triumph for Giroud as ducked in the wall and allowed a soft free-kick to ripple the bottom corner of the net.

The 48-year-old came close to delivering the visitors a second league defeat of the season and the relief expressed by various Bayern players about escaping with a point ("If you can't win, you have to draw," said Robert Lewandowski) should be considered a minor triumph for the hosts.

His only blemish has been a 2-2 drat at home to Burnley last month, and even this was more a minor triumph for United were losing 2-0 in the 88th minute before they rescued a point with late goals from Paul Pogba and Victor Lindelof.

A non-embarrassing quarter-final exit would be a minor triumph; a semi-final – let us, for a moment, dream – cause for week-long revelry in the streets.

As president, he scored a minor triumph merely by exceeding the nation's low expectations for him.