Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fraying business suits in place of the outrageous codpiece he sported in the '70s. But Cleaver proved that he remains a powerful orator, telling delegates to the California Republican Convention that he is "a man with the courage to change, to grow" and one who now is determined to defeat the Democrats, "who have made black people dependent on the federal budget." He drew the most enthusiastic ovation of any Senate candidate there...
...include any members of the five-man committee that issued the seditious call to arms. They had slipped out of the temple before the raid and escaped. Later, extremists retaliated by killing seven people in terrorist attacks. Still, the forced abandonment of the holy shrine was a humiliating defeat for the extremists. Said Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: "We will not allow the voice of fanaticism to be raised and will make every effort to stop such fanatics from disintegrating the nation." The operation marked a political victory for Gandhi, who negotiated a pact with moderate Sikhs in July...
...pick the stickwomen because of their grit and spirit in the face of defeat after defeat. There's something special about a team that plays in the cold and rain in front of 30 spectators, loses, but still manages moments of triumph...
...witholding over 40,000 documents collected about war crimes from 1943 to 1948. They should be given to Israel. Not just Kurt Waldheim, but all who lived through that past must face up to it. As the President of West Germany said at the 40th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis: "We Germans must look truth straight in the eye--without embellishment and without distortion... There can be no reconciliation without remembrance...
Syracuse's Rice and Shift joined forces at first doubles, taking on Harvard's dynamic duo of Smith and Vigna. The Crimson dished out a 6-1 defeat in the first set, but fell in the second, 7-6. Smith and Vigna bounced back in the third, however...