Word: defeat
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...It’s obviously frustrating to end your college career on a game like that,” Nick says. But the defeat itself is a rough reminder of just how far the team has come. “We were one or two goals away from possibly going to the Nationals, which obviously would’ve been a great accomplishment...
...expanded my vocabulary to include “Shaqsomnia” and my personal favorite, “Shaqntifficaly impossible”). He shares the joys of victory (“u all were my good luck charms today, I appreciate u guys”) and the pains of defeat (“A loss on my birthday, hong kong fuey, aghhh, agggh, agggh”). I can understand where you’re coming from, Shaq. My last attempt at basketball may have been in eighth grade, but I have taken midterms on my birthday every year at Harvard...
...groups in one of the most bitter battles of the 1970s. Critics denounced her as a hypocrite: though she lauded stay-at-home mothers and wives, she herself was a full-time political activist and lawyer. Nonetheless, Schlafly's grass-roots efforts prevailed, and the ERA went down to defeat. Now 84, Schlafly remains a force in conservative politics, with a busy lecture schedule. She is the president of the pro-life, anti-gay marriage Eagle Forum, which has 25,000 members. TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs reached Schlafly at her home in St. Louis. (See pictures of Barbie...
...took Round 2 of yesterday’s bout to avenge last year’s heart-wrenching championship-game defeat. The Harvard softball team (19-9, 5-3 Ivy) dropped the first game of a doubleheader to reigning Ivy League champion Princeton (8-14, 3-5), 1-0, but the Crimson bats came alive in the second game, punishing the Tigers, 5-2. It was the second straight day that Harvard failed to score in the first game, only to be revived by freshman Whitney Shaw. As she did the day before, Shaw homered in the first inning...
...game proved to be cathartic for the Republicans after the party’s defeat in the November presidential election...