21.   The government also risks losing the case, or winning on such narrow grounds as to yield a hollow victory.

22.   The Nets beat Chicago last season, but Coach John Calipari admitted it was a hollow victory because the Bulls did not consider them worthy.

23.   The scorecards came into effect, but it seemed a hollow victory, with Randall forcing the action.

24.   And while the Russians may have won the race to enter Kosovo, it was a hollow victory.

25.   But it could be a hollow victory for any of the teams.

26.   But the conviction is a hollow victory for the tribunal.

27.   He has been handed a hollow victory, based more on the ill-concealed partisanship of the justices than on the merits of the law and facts.

28.   Hungarian environmentalists celebrated, but it was a hollow victory.

29.   Still, these efforts often lead to hollow victories because themasterminds behind the piracy operations elude the net.

30.   The only challenger to President Robert Mugabe pulled out of the presidential race a day before the vote Friday, handing Mugabe a hollow victory.