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Pyrrhic Victory
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Pyrrhic Victory
A successful endeavor that came with such high costs, that it was almost not worth the effort. For example, a company may succeed in a hostile takeover, but only after overcoming so many anti-takeover measures and spending so much money that it overpaid and may have nearly bankrupted itself.
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But that's nonsense - Mosley's Phyrric victory represents a minor setback to The Street Of Shame rather than a crushing defeat for the Freedom Of The Press.
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This will be a Phyrric victory unless the eventual winner will be able to effect a sincere reconciliation with rivals.
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If all out war continues between these mutual supporters of open systems, neither may be able to claim anything but a Phyrric victory.
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