As the German defeat looms, Max crumbles, and the relationship begins to shift; a sort of cross-identification occurs, the strong becoming weak and vice versa.

On Friday night, as defeat loomed, Chancellor Harold O. Levy - whose support for Edison had been lukewarm at best - began talking about alternatives.

As defeat loomed, Mrs. Gandhi went on the offensive.

Bush had known that defeat was looming in Iowa, and he had scuttled out of the state and gone to New Hampshire before the results were known.

But she has been frustrated in efforts to get it through Parliament, most recently last August, when she withdrew her proposal as certain defeat loomed.

She knew she was losing the battle, but it was her nature to fight on, even when defeat loomed.

The short sword was notorious for its use when defeat or dishonor loomed over the Japanese samurai, who would then commit seppuku by disemboweling himself.

We draw from that a Clinton willingness to compromise when defeat looms.