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Word: pyrrhic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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Usage:

Last week, fed up with the turmoil he created, Restrepo resigned. But it was a kind of Pyrrhic victory for Barrio Antioquia's defenders. Said the suburb's Padre Abel Diez, who had fought the red-light invasion: "There were insults; they threw rocks at my house and I could never sleep. We closed the church today. The decent people will have to leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Medellm's Red Lights | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

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