31.   Efforts are under way in Sacramento to find some form of compromise that would let the governor claim moral victory while quietly burying his big idea.

32.   Elyse has already won a moral victory, since Metzger made it clear he thought the school had probably gone overboard.

33.   Even if he lost, he would be able to claim something of a moral victory.

34.   For instance, the president is likely to get enough of his proposed tax cut to claim a moral victory.

35.   For the Bruins, a slew of moral victories could be as good as it gets this season unless they get back all of their heavy artillery.

36.   Hart said that staying on all three bulls was a moral victory.

37.   He has accepted an unfree, unfair election because it has given him and his supporters a moral victory.

38.   He won a moral victory, but at the cost of his partnership, his house and even his car.

39.   If the Clippers believed in moral victories, they might have enough by now to qualify for the moral playoffs.

40.   In a game that was all about staying healthy, the Cowboys were able to declare a moral victory.