Word: defeat
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...with Saturday night’s game, Harvard continued to prove its ability to defeat tough opponents...
...fact for Harvard (5-4, 4-2 Ivy), the only losses of the year have come against teams ranked in the top four, including Saturday’s defeat at the Bulldogs’ Brady Squash Center (12-1, 6-0), which gave Yale sole possession of the Ivy League title...
Chijoff-Evans exemplified that fighting spirit, refusing to admit defeat even when things looked grim. After winning the first set at the No. 1 spot, the junior found himself down 4-1, 4-0 in the second. But something clicked, and he soared back to a 6-4 victory...
...pointed the way for Democrats to regain their lost momentum. After their shellacking in 2008, Republicans, rather than retreat from their principles, focused on solidifying their base. Democrats, disappointed by the tepid leadership and centrist policies of their party, were content to call it in and suffered a humiliating defeat. The clear lesson for the Democrats: work for the real change and progressive policies that will energize the base--or risk an election debacle in November...
...long as mass corruption, dirty money and banking secrecy are not eradicated together as a single priority, you'll never defeat the sub-activity within that funding terrorism," says François Valerian, head of private sector programs at the Berlin-based anti-corruption organization Transparency International. "Western nations recognize the urgency to treat this problem when it involves terrorism, but they become more pragmatic when it's in the form of ordinary corruption bleeding entire countries...