Word: beaten
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...campaign fortunes will almost surely seesaw. Both Carter and Kennedy may at times look unbeatable, then be beaten. After New England come primaries in which Carter now appears to be invincible: Florida, Alabama and Georgia. In these states, as in most of the old Confederacy, Kennedy is about as popular as cold grits. Says Richard Dick, a high Virginia Democrat: "Kennedy's coattails in this state would work like a noose, strangling our candidates." The first real showdown may come when both candidates face off outside their home regions, in Illinois on March 18. The challenger got a significant lift...
...leaders say this compactness has allowed Harvard Management to hold on to the talented investment managers who have given the company such a successful record so far. James N. Bailey, managing director of Cambridge Associates--which evaluates the investment performance of Harvard and other universities--says HMC has consistently beaten the market average by 10 to 25 per cent...
...even though the Harvard booters lost, they were not beaten. Rather, the Minuteman got one more break...
...Meanwhile, all across this country, women are being raped and beaten and forced and brutalized and hurt," she said. "And when a woman has the courage to come forward and ask for help, most of the police and the people around her ask, 'What did you do to provoke him?' and 'Did you like...
Harvard's first year was a calamitous one. Its first professor, Nathanial Eaton--who taught all 20 students by himself--was later convicted in General Court for "cruell and barbaros beating" of students. He tearfully repented, but the court recalled that he had beaten one student nearly to death and discharged...