Mr. Daley, or the corporations he has served in recent years, have worked aggressively behind the scenes to water down or defeat central elements of Mr. Obama's agenda, opposing the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and elements of the health care bill.
Bannon was obsessed with defeating the elements in the White House who hadn't worked on the campaign and didn't understand those policies.
Barrow said that "the tactics of the regime, including barrel bombs, are in our view more likely than not to create radicalisation rather than managing to defeat terrorist elements.
But I'll tell you that we are prepared, and we'll defeat those elements if they choose to attack us at that point, at any point in time.... Q. [Through a translator.] These TV channels said that his wife [inaudible] has led coalition forces to the arrest.
And that means that once again, we'll try to defeat the elements, and believe that, against the odds, human beings have a chance against a cruel and uncompromising Mother Nature.
In July 1890 a revolt erupted that had strong support from within the army, but it was defeated by loyal elements.
For more than four decades there was discussion of having "open" competition between amateurs and pros to end the hypocrisy of "shamateurism," but proposals were always defeated by conservative elements within the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF later the ITF).
That night there was not even any sign of gloating triumph on the part of the victors; nor is there any sign of obsequious, opportunistic deference to the defeated but still powerful elements in the Party.
The rest of the elements were defeated; the closest margin was a vote of 197 to 215 to give an inside track on education grants to institutions serving disabled veterans.
The results are not so much a house as a worldview: with enough craftsmanship and insurance money, it is possible to defeat even the elements.
