"Many of you probably thought I was sacrificing a point when I sent them out," Langer said, "but I really felt deep down that they would be the surprise of the morning.
Today, Dell's ultra-efficient cost structure enables it to sacrifice a few points of gross margin for a massive land grab for market share.
He has engaged in the art of point shaving, sacrificing a few points of advantage in order to win the game by a lower margin than the prevailing point spread.
Nadal boasts a physique that Andy Murray would sacrifice a few ranking points for, which allows the whisperers an easy target.
Hill was willing to sacrifice a victory to make his point and, he said, the strategy worked.
One approach would be to obtain a set of genetically identical Parkinson's disease animals, dose them all with either the candidate therapeutic or a placebo, sacrifice a few at each time point, and dissect out and analyze the appropriate brain regions.
They sacrificed a probable 30 points over two races in Malaysia and Bahrain through operational errors.
Although the regiment suffered great losses, the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry legitimized the idea of blacks serving in the military, and Lincoln considered their sacrifice a turning point in the Civil War.
However, he added, Shanahan may have sacrificed a lot to make his point — including victories.
It's acceptable at the price-point, but sacrificing a USB port isn't always convenient.
If you don't have a flexible travel rewards card, you might be forced to sacrifice rewards points for a better nightly rate.
