The Twelfth of July Orange Order parades mark the victory of the Protestant Prince William of Orange over the Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.

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Strategic advantage (shih), a central feature of the Art of War, connotes the release of latent energy, both physical and psychological, in order to ride the forces of circumstances to victory.

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Armstrong allegedly intimidated other riders on his team into doping in order to increase his own chances of victory.

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Back to our Norman invader: The future king of England demonstrated how leaders often have to think fast in order to snatch victory from potential disaster.

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The NFL was willing to jeopardize the integrity of the entire game by employing amateur refs in order to win a tiny financial victory.

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Questions of oversight, how to manage the spending of billions of dollars, and whether the right programs will be funded initially all have gone by the wayside in order to, as some have suggested, give the president a quick victory out of the gate.

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Indeed, given a chance to play in a USC blowout victory his freshman year, Matthews waved off the coaches in order to maintain four more years of eligibility.

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