"ISIS is facing the test of a lifetime, and the only way to salvage its claims is if the battle fails, whether through military protraction or civilian abuse," Hassan said.
In the case that the battle fails to topple the regime, the FSA has still experienced a massive boost and tested their tactical acumen on a grand scale.
Eight years later, the pool of potential acquirers has narrowed considerably, noted Neil Weisman, president of Chilmark, who sold his stock soon after his proxy battle failed.
MY COLLEAGUE has opined on the crazier side of the health-care reform opposition, but what many of those neck-deep in this battle fail to understand, remarkably, is that a chunk of Americans just hate the government, and always have.
This left Green voters in ballot limbo, aligned with a non-existent party and thus ineligible to vote in primaries.Years of court battles failed to overturn the law, but, soon after the most recent governor's race, the Maine legislature had a change of heart.
They lost countless board battles, failed to generate consistent pressure against goaltender Pekka Rinne, and couldn't sort out their defensive zone coverage.
Opponents of expanding women's roles cite the distraction of putting people of the opposite sex together in battle, which fails to recognize the discipline the military instills in its troops.
And interestingly, it doesn't particularly show homophobia as an outward force, but rather an inner one – Frankie's shame and secrecy comes from inside of himself, a personal rather than social battle he fails to fully confront.
Australia has waged a protracted diplomatic battle to keep the two men alive but that battle has failed.
Republicans in Congress who lost the shutdown battle, and failed to destroy the Affordable Care Act before it came online, are now doing everything they can to bad-mouth and undermine it.
WASHINGTON — President Obama and Congressional leaders have stitched together an agreement to prevent a national default, provided their 11th-hour deal does not fracture on Monday, but the epic budget battle has failed to resolve another question: which party can be better trusted to govern?
