Anderson was instrumental in the passage of a City Local-Option Lafterfter it had been defeated regularly for twenty years.
With campaign reform, where the livelihoods of 535 decision-makers are at stake and all, by definition, are successful under the existing system, momentum is deceiving, success in one arena does not beget success in another, and defeat is regularly snatched from the jaws of victory.
Mr. Crowley, with a 12 handicap, said he was happy about his game, but added that his wife, Joan, defeats him regularly.
Some cooks who think nothing of grilling a whole chicken or decorating a three-layer cake are daunted, even defeated, by regularly getting a vegetable dish on the table.
In Afghanistan, both opposed the Taliban and sought its defeat, but they regularly used the Taliban to weaken the other.
Lottery initiatives were regularly defeated.
Discussing the purpose of life on earth, its unwieldiness regularly defeats the best efforts of famous maestros.
Though it included no major soloists, Webb's band regularly defeated the other major swing bands in musical contests.
Riders who are notoriously clean, like the Englishman Chris Boardman, a world-class time trialist regularly defeated by the mountains, never seem to notice anything going on.
ExxonMobil and other oil companies have faced frequent proposals dealing with climate change and other environmental issues, and they are regularly defeated.
