symbolic victory

Bravo, Burlington: A Small Victory for Al-Jazeera English, a Symbolic Victory for the United States

Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

Obama on verge of election victory

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008

A landslide primary win by Hillary Clinton did little to revive her failing campaign. The victory in Puerto Rico will not keep Mr Obama from winning the nomination, but his string of defeats at the end of the primary campaign, such in West Virginia and Kentucky, have highlighted his weaknesses among white working-class and Hispanic voters that could undermine his hopes of defeating Republican...

Nasdaq sees promise in "milestone" win over NYSE

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

NEW YORK, July 14 (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group said on Monday it was not concerned that a recent plunge in financial stocks would lead to less trading, pointing as evidence to a symbolic victory over rival New York Stock Exchange late last week.

Despite Aftra Vote Sag Remains Defiant

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

The Screen Actors Guild was claiming a symbolic victory Tuesday night as more than a third of the members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists voted ...

Despite AFTRA Vote, SAG Remains Defiant

IMDb News (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

The Screen Actors Guild was claiming a symbolic victory Tuesday night as more than a third of the members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists voted against approving the union's contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. leaders in Hollywood had mounted an expensive campaign in an effort to encourage a no vote. About 40,000 members are...

Darwin’s “Well, Dress Me Up And Call Me Science!” Tour Comes To Canada

ThePolitic.com (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008

In comparison to it’s American release, the Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed movie which challenges the dogma of Darwinian evolution has come to Canada with less of a ripple but alongside the symbolic victory of Mark Steyn over the “BC Human Rights’ Tribunal” and its thought crimes division. Using the tried and true methods of [...]

Men Sue Iran In Death Of Father

The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008

The United States began allowing victims of terrorism to file lawsuits against countries in 1996. Civil suits such as this one have become more common since then even though collecting monetary damages remains a challenge. But attorneys still say a win can be more than just a symbolic victory now with more avenues to collect on judgments emerging in a global economy. (c) UPI

Towering smokestack on St. Paul's river valley came down with a boom

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008

... entire life on either side of the bluff by the power plant. Although he said today's event is a symbolic victory for the environment, he remembers when there were two shorter stacks instead of the single tall one that was destroyed today. "My mother would always test the wind before hanging out the laundry, because if the wind was right, it would blow all of the smoke from the two...

Is the ICC Overreaching in Darfur?

Opinio Juris (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008

... other concerns political consequences: Indicting a senior government figure would be an immense symbolic victory for Darfurians. But Darfur residents need peace, security and deliverable justice more than they need a moment of jubilation. And with President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and his men still in power, a high-level indictment would probably damage all these objectives.

McCain takes final GOP primary - Was expected to win Pangea contest

Mr_Blog's Left Turn (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008

Presumptive Republican nominee for president John McCain easily won the Pangea primary yesterday, defeating Rep. Ron Paul... Pangea was a symbolic victory for McCain, who had been expected to win his home epoch by a wide margin. However he did not take the race for granted, campaigning around the supercontinent for two days leading up to the Tuesday finale

Canadian parliament resolves to support American deserters from Iraq War

Dvorak Uncensored (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

U.S. soldiers who fled to Canada to escape the war in Iraq won a symbolic victory in the House of Commons when a majority of MPs voted that the deserters should be allowed to stay permanently in the country. But the motion, put forward by the NDP, is non-binding on the minority Conservative government. Tory MPs [...]

Provenge Activists To Get Another Day In Court

Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008

... move is procedural, the non-profit waging the lawsuit against the FDA , CareToLive, sees this as a symbolic victory that its lawsuit, which a federal judge dismissed several months ago, has validity, especially after a Congressional committee declined to investigate the episode. “By allowing oral arguments, the court is saying that CareToLive can present argument to the three Federal...

Sarah Jessica Parker "Sex and the City" star at Obama fund-raiser with Caroline Kennedy. Pool report.

Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008

... granted that a woman or a black person can be president. "But ultimately, I'm not interested in symbolic victories. I'm interesting in actually getting work done," he said When he finished, he opened the floor up to a town hall event -- taking questions boy/girl/boy/girl. But it was not your average town hall event. Asked about his transition team, he noted the VP search team he's...

Latin American Political Update - Dole Standard Fruit Company of Costa Rica Honored with Prestigious Industry Excellence Award (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Global Politics Online (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008

... but Obama gains delegates (AP via Yahoo! News) Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory in Puerto Rico’s presidential primary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that pushed Barack Obama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination. Coppola resolves film labor dispute in Argentina (Boston Globe) Francis Ford Coppola’s spokeswoman and a...

The Puerto Rico primary

Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008

... Still, on the heels of her disappointment over the DNC RBC’s ruling on Michigan yesterday , any symbolic victory at this stage in the game will prove to be a much-needed moral and symbolic victory for the Clinton campaign, especially going into the final days of the primary season which will likely see Obama pick up the final primary wins in South Dakota and Montana....