Sentence examples for divided the spoils from inspiring English sources
In 1939, the sponsoring institutions divided the spoils (more than half remained in Antakya), often splitting up the floors from a single room.
Ferrari and Ford divided the spoils in the 1960s and were seen no more; the same with Matra in the early 1970s.
In the following weeks and months these two movies by and large divided the spoils, however there was a sense that The Descendants' best chances lay with Clooney and adapted screenplay (which it won on Sunday), whereas The Artist had emerged as the more robust best picture prospect.
Yet the chieftains of the warring parties -- ex-president Taylor's loyalists as well as two rebel factions, Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, and the Movement for Democracy in Liberia -- have neatly divided the spoils of government among themselves, just as in previous wars, which were followed by peace accords, followed by fresh war.
In Venezuela, Democratic Action and Copei, two parties that divided the spoils of an oil-producing economy for 40 years, have been so debilitated by Hugo Chávez's seven-year presidency that they backed out of parliamentary elections in December and lost all representation in the 167-seat National Assembly.
For decades the PRI continually broke its promises to voters and divided the spoils among its supporters.
