Watching that relatively insignificant 5-1 vintory in 2001, the father of the then German coach Rudi Völler suffered a heart attack inside the stadium – and it is difficult not to think that a comparatively enormous upset in Bloemfontein could unleash such a dangerous collective euphoria in England that it could tear the very fabric of space and time itself.
Until Harvard faculty directly confront the modern day impact of this school's disturbing racial past, they will continue consoling themselves with insignificant, symbolic victories.
On the face of it, the N.L.D.'s victory seemed insignificant.
Senate Democratic leaders shrugged off the dictate as an insignificant gimmick and claimed victory.
Publicly, President Johnson dismissed McCarthy's victory as "insignificant"; "New Hampshire is the only place," he scoffed on election night, "where candidates can claim 20percentt as a landslide, 40percentt as a mandate, and 60percentt as unanimous".
This might come as news to Virginia, Maryland, Washington and Iowa, among the other insignificant sites of Obama victories.
Situated on the bank of the main Nile River just below the confluence of the Blue and White Niles, Omdurman was an insignificant riverine village until the victory of Muḥammad Aḥmad, known as al-Mahdī, over the British in 1885.
And their numbers are not insignificant, given that even her victories in big states like Ohio don't push her ahead in the delegate tally.
It was a victory of the most insignificant order that Cervelli got the start.
Hence, we have überstrategist Mark Penn and Bill Clinton spinning ad nauseum that Obama is only winning because of African-American support and that his victories are, as such, insignificant compared to Hillary's.
