As a consequence of the battle's outcome, the leaders of the main families of the Southern provinces lost faith in Orange's cause and the promises of aid made by the English queen Elizabeth I, which meant an important setback to Orange.
The current fight over parity foreshadows the larger health care reform implementation battle; the outcome will determine if parity and health care reform result in meaningful access to care, or just business as usual for the insurance industry.
The attempt to extradite him is likely to produce a long legal battle whose outcome is uncertain.
A rambling though dilapidated farmstead called Hougoumont, which was crucial to the battle's outcome, is being painstakingly restored as an educational center.
Because of the importance vested in the battle's outcome by German, Soviet and British media, it became a psychological turning point in the war.
If it is true that a battle's outcome is determined before the first shot is fired, then Gen. David H. Petraeus won the first day of hearings before his microphone was turned on.
But this debate, with its dogged performance from a more confident Mr. Bush, showed that the next four days in South Carolina will see a free-swinging battle whose outcome cannot yet be predicted.
Not surprisingly, the colonial era was filled with conflicts and battles, the outcomes of some of which wound up having greater historical implications other than simply who was victorious.
The battle's outcome had been seen as a test of whether the lofty ambitions of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of attracting foreign capital would result in more openness among Japanese companies to working with investors overseas.
The grand gesture, the moment of choice, the mortal danger, the external foe, the climactic battle whose outcome resolves all – all designed to appear heroic, to excite and gratify an audience… Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality – there is no audience.
