Since Democrats supported their nominee by a whopping 92-7 margin, Obama was able to overcome losing independents, even by a significant margin.
But if I could overcome losing the most important person in my life, do you really think the opinions of other's were going to phase me?
The team simply doesn't have enough mature talent and depth to overcome losing players for any significant amount of time, be it veterans like Kobe Bryant and Roy Hibbert or young, developing prospects like Jordan Clarkson, Julius Randle and D'Angelo Russell.
But I'm proud of the way we overcame losing two fly-halves, Dan Carter most of all, and plenty of problems.
Ninth-seeded Angelique Kerber, who lost in last year's finals to Li Na, overcame losing a first-set tiebreaker before rolling through the last two sets in a 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-1 win over the qualifier Karin Knapp.
Ninth seed Janko Tipsarevic overcame losing the first set to see off Australian wild card James Duckworth 3-6 6-2 7-6 (7/5) 6-4, while fifth seed David Ferrer was pushed even further before eventually dismissing Ryan Sweeting 6-7 (4/7) 6-7 3-6 6-2 6-7.
The ninth seed Janko Tipsarevic overcame losing the first set to see off the Australian wild card James Duckworth 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, while the fifth seed David Ferrer was pushed even further before eventually dismissing Ryan Sweeting 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
The Huang He (Yellow River) was linked with a group of lakes about 100 miles south, where the land rose 50 feet higher; and, to overcome water lost through operation of the lock gates, two small rivers were partially diverted to flow into the summit level.
"We had to overcome a losing tradition, the sense that everybody expected you to lose every week.
But if seas rise too quickly, researchers say, the marshes could be overcome and lose that carbon storage capacity.
