Word: defeatable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fencers fed Stanford it's first defeat...
...said his defeat of Lockwood was not arejection of Lockwood's agenda. Rather, he said,their programs actually coincide closely...
Although Graham picked up 13 more votes in the recount, she still lost ground. Unofficial results showed Graham with 5194 votes, and Thompson with 8564--a gain of 79. The incumbent herself has already conceded defeat and did not attend the recount. But her supporters have continued to challenge Thompson's victory...
...meet to open its season last night, the Harvard wrestling team was defeated by Boston University, but came back to defeat the University of Lowell...
...ghost of the retiring William Proxmire haunted the race in Wisconsin, where Democrat Herbert Kohl turned Proxmire's legendary frugality on its head, yet somehow convinced voters that he most resembled their departing hero. A multimillionaire bachelor, Kohl, 53, spent $5 million of his own money to defeat Susan Engeleiter, 36, the Republican leader in the state senate. When Proxmire won re-election in 1982, he spent just $145. Yet, like Proxmire, Kohl refused contributions from special-interest groups and ran a populist, soak- the-rich campaign, calling for tax hikes for the wealthy. His affluence, he contended, meant that...