Under "the majority wins" principle, the lexicon of a given language may be skewed in the sheer number of verbs that favor a particular subject role.
"Whatever the reason for all this, the 2008 election was a validation that progressive principles are winning principles and it's very encouraging to see a turn back toward those principles," says Taylor.
The Liberal senator Eric Abetz said the reformed package was "a win for principle and common sense".
This sort of win-win principle, she said, could explain all sorts of symbiotic arrangements, even among different species -- like the tendency of baboons and impalas to associate together because they use each other's warning calls.
So many arguments that could be won on principle are lost on tone.
The Republican establishment backed George W. Bush early (and lavishly) because this time out, it preferred winning to principle.
The Unionist community in Northern Ireland won the principle of consent, which established that it cannot be incorporated in a united Ireland against its will.
It was based on the notion of commitment and "win-win" principles.
That's what happens when dogma and misguided principle win the day.
Congress could give them a huge boost with measures that should, in principle, win the support of both parties.
Versions of a message containing that principle win by over a 2 1 margin with independents, and they win in every region of the country, including in my own backyard, in the red clay of Georgia.
