Word: defeat
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...weight of the Philippines on his shoulders in the boxing ring, Pacquiao has also made his marks in politics, business and acting. He can even carry a tune: check out his singing on YouTube. You may even come across one of his three hit singles. Indeed, Pacquiao's worst defeat came outside of the ring, when he lost his bid for a Philippines congressional seat in 2007. Regardless, his popularity has continued to soar. Pacquiao plans to retire from boxing this year and intends to make a congressional run again in 2010. (See TIME's 100 most influential people...
...example, next week's Star Trek, J.J. Abrams' re-spiffing of the 1960s TV series. Jackman-Wolverine may be able to defeat evil geniuses, lab-made supervillains and his nasty half-brother, but he's unlikely to withstand the challenge of a teenage James Kirk. As for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, it will disappear into the ether, and McConaughey can go back to being tickled...
...fully expect that our well-financed adversaries, will take whatever steps they feel they need to take that they think might defeat our mechanisms?both above and below the ground," says Mark Borkowski, a retired Air Force colonel who is now executive director of the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Border Initiative, which oversees the physical and virtual fences on the Mexico border. "We are seeing all kinds of technologies that these people are using to get around some of the fences we are putting in place...
...Bush. Three years earlier liberal activist groups had derailed the court nomination of the indisputably conservative Robert Bork. If Souter didn't have a long paper trail of court rulings, law review articles and books, it would be much harder for liberals to stage a replay of the Bork defeat. (Read the TIME 100: The World's Most Influential People...
...refusal to give up: Harvard outscored its opponents 19-6 in the ninth inning this season and 11-4 in the 10th and beyond. The team played in three games that went to extra innings, and won each time.The Crimson’s inherent aversion to defeat spread from its seniors to the rest of the team. Stack-Babich and Matt Rogers combined for 17 homers in their final seasons, while Taylor Meehan and captain Harry Douglas each hit well above .300 and provided some pop of their own. The powerful senior bats eased the burden on an inexperienced pitching...