Sentence examples for won a statement from inspiring English sources

Revered Iraqi Shiite Agrees To Call for End to Militias The Iraqi prime minister-designate, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, met with Shiite leaders and won a statement from Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani calling for an end to militias and urging that the Iraqi security forces be freed from the grip of sectarian and political dominance.

Allen called his injury "a battle within myself that I have to try to win," a statement that sounded more hopeful than self-assured.

Playing with cool determination, and winning a statement-making match at La Costa Resort and Spa, Duval defeated Garcia, 2 and 1, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship.

Trump didn't specify exactly what Obama has done or said to anger him this time, although just a few days ago Obama said he is "confident" he would have won a third term – a statement Trump immediately disagreed with.

The United States has worked to get North Korea back to the negotiating table, even as it has tried unsuccessfully to win a tougher statement from the Security Council in response to the April 5 missile launching.

Savage is particularly good on the subject for which he won a Pulitzer Prize: presidential signing statements.

"We are going to fight for every last vote, because every delegate we win is a statement of public support for the values we share," wrote Sanders in a fundraising email to supporters on Wednesday morning.

Khanna congratulated Honda on his win in a statement Friday.

The night of Lincoln's narrow win, a statement smacking of Rahm was issued from the White House: "Organized labor just flushed $10 million of their members' money down the toilet on a pointless exercise".

"I remember winning a lot of statement games last year, but losing Game 7 to L.A.," said Webber, who had 19 points and 11 rebounds last night, keeping the wipeout to the Lakers in perspective.

This was a statement win for the Red Bulls.