11.   It was a symbolic victory for many labor leaders, who now predict a long-term pro-labor trend despite declining rank-and-file membership.

12.   It was only a symbolic victory, but one widely noted within the TV industry.

13.   Minutes after allowing the overhaul forces their one symbolic victory, Lott, the majority leader, went on the offensive.

14.   No delegates were at stake, but the former New Jersey senator hoped for a symbolic victory there to resurrect his faltering campaign.

15.   Nonetheless, the Christian right had won a symbolic victory.

16.   On Tuesday, McCain and Feingold won a symbolic victory when the Senate defied its Republican leadership and voted to keep their measure alive.

17.   The endorsement is mainly a symbolic victory for Bradley.

18.   The flight of thousands of rebels from Grozny would enable the Russians to raise their flag over the remains of the city and claim at least a symbolic victory.

19.   The deaths would be an important symbolic victory for Russia, which has been unable to subdue the republic despite a bloody campaign for control.

20.   The hijackers responded by flashing lights from the ferry and, at one point, driving it in a circle apparently intended as a symbolic victory lap.