51.   He waited more than four years after having lost the war to accept the Security Council offer to sell limited oil for emergency needs.

52.   He won the battle but lost the war.

53.   He seems uniquely accomplished in the curious Balkan art of losing wars and winning elections.

54.   --High seriousness has won the battle but lost the war.

55.   Historically, republicans have associated disarmament with surrender and have argued that an army does not surrender unless it has lost a war.

56.   If so, they will have won the battle but lost the war.

57.   If it overplays its hand, it may win the battle but lose the war.

58.   If the Taliban lost the war, in Shamali they won the battle.

59.   If we are seen as losing the war or wavering, our allies will disappear in a flash.

60.   In short, legal experts say, the IRS appears to have won the battle but lost the war.