He described victory as attainable only through a vast, coordinated effort to bring Afghanistan security, good governance and economic development.
If a point is better than nothing, it did not really satisfy either Allardyce, who had described victory as imperative, or Alan Pardew, whose once highly flying team have now gone 11 Premier League games without a win.
The genre is related to the testimonial service in churches, where one admits misdeeds, confusion and weakness but goes on to describe victory against the odds, a genre dear to a nation of people who believed they could struggle through to progress and prosperity.
Telegrams began coming in from world leaders, describing the victory as "absolute" and "convincing," noting "the high trust and love that the people of Kazakhstan feel toward you".
"We won because of you," Ms. Velázquez told supporters in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, describing her victory as one for "progressive and democratic values".
Open", read its headline, describing his victory as "a Beautiful Blowout, Not a Poetic Payback".
But prosecutors were clearly delighted today that so many of the charges against the mayor had been returned as convictions, and they described their victory as a victory for Camden as well.
Pundits who are already describing the victories of Terry McAuliffe in Virginia and Chris Christie in New Jersey as a "return to the center" of American politics are confusing the "center" with big business and Wall Street.
And after it ended, on a 10th-inning single by Jason Bay that nudged the Mets to a 3-2 victheir their manager, Terry Collins, had but one word to describe the victory.
Yoo described her victory as huge and said she felt more nervous speaking about the victory than sealing it.
