Mr. Ballard, the Democratic strategist, said such a resounding loss for Proposition B was a political blow for Mr. Adachi, a popular progressive figure in city politics thought to have aspirations toward higher office.
On election night as I watched the returns, I struggled between incredible elation over Obama's victory and the shattering disappointment of loss on Proposition 8.
The narrow loss last fall of Proposition 37 in California has inspired 26 other states to propose similar measures, including Washington, the only state with a ballot measure in November's election.
Then, four and a half years ago, after a devastating loss over Proposition 8, Cleve Jones and I declared in the San Francisco Chronicle that "now is the time" for full federal equality for LGBT citizens, the time to demand that our gains in one state apply to every citizen... including my beautiful big brother way out in Virginia.
When someone has invested Rs. 7 million, he will try to make more money instead of getting involved in a loss making proposition.
Her argument hinges on "loss aversion", an economic proposition that the pain of a loss is greater than the pleasure afforded by an equal gain.
Steve DeAngelo, the founder of the Harborside Health Center, an Oakland medical marijuana facility, said in an opinion article in The Sacramento Bee on Saturday that the proposition's loss "was neither unexpected nor surprising".
Hence, we may assume without loss of generality (by Proposition 2.4) that G is independent of (mathbb {F}) under the probability (mathbb {P}).
Since the first gay marriage vote in Hawaii in 1998 we have always been vastly outspent by our opponents in every election until we finally evened the score in fundraising after 10 years and 29 losses on California's Proposition 8. We even outraised our opponents $44 million to $40 million.
Rovers were always going to be a tough proposition following their derby loss to Hull but the Bulls are in a sorry state and look like missing the play‑offs again.
But even if you attribute the eight-month recession that began in March 2001 to Mr. Clinton -- a very dubious proposition -- job loss during the recession wasn't exceptionally severe.
