But she prevailed, just as she did with the air-conditioner nearly 30 years ago.
As is typical for her, she prevailed, and in May , 1997she and her husband, Paul, had David, who is now 4. "I find out I'm going to die, and I'm not going to have a sibling for my daughter, and my heart is broken," she said.
It was by only a matter of inches that she prevailed, hanging on as her rivals, headed by Moonlight Cloud, bore down.
Mrs. Lincoln, who is facing a difficult race for re-election, is running in part on her credentials as a scourge of Wall Street, and she made the ban on derivatives trading a signature issue as she narrowly prevailed in a contested primary election.
He is frequently mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick for Hillary Clinton, should she prevail as the Democratic nominee.
Should she prevail as expected, she will be leading a more fractured caucus than in her previous years at the top.
It was easy to see that she wanted no part of the lotterylike randomness of penalty kicks, when anyone might score or miss, when the Americans could just as easily lose as prevail.
This time around Esperanza Spalding caused less of a stir at the Grammy Awards, where she'd prevailed as best new artist in 2011, shocking a field that included Mr. Bieber and another platinum-selling megastar, the rapper-crooner Drake.
The FA accepted the Sheffield rule allowing throw-ins to be thrown in any direction, as opposed to right angles only as prevails in rugby lineouts.
But on Wednesday, Jankovic pushed Sharapova as far as she could before Sharapova prevailed, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3, to advance to the French Open semifinals.
