Word: defeated
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...itself to counteract this new force, using similar computerized-mailing tactics if necessary. More important, liberals who feel the nation has abandoned them should look at the history of the election itself and its candidates before they leave the country. The 1980 presidential election cannot truly be called a defeat for liberalism because no liberal was on the ballot as a major candidate. Neither Carter nor Anderson presented economic or foreign policies that were fundamentally different from the Republican tradition of fiscal conservatism and increased defense spending. Carter’s defeat represents a setback for the Democratic Party...
...trend? I was amazed this spring when one of my professors mandated a daily reading of The New York Times: it was the first time in four years at Harvard my coursework required attention to current events. This is not to suggest that the University could single-handedly defeat civic indifference merely by requiring all students to read The Crimson. But if Einstein is right and education is what remains after we have forgotten everything we learned in school, perhaps we should place more emphasis on the things we take from the Harvard experience that cannot be found in textbooks...
...team starting four freshmen and lacking substantial depth, few people expected significant results from the 2005 Harvard women’s soccer squad. A freshman leading the team in goals—no way, but it happened. Defeating a No. 16 Ohio State powerhouse—not likely, but the Crimson pulled it off. Notching an incredible eleven shutouts—get out of town, but co-captain Katie Shields did it. Expectations can be deceiving. Highlighted by such outstanding performances, the Crimson surprised a lot of observers who did not know where to place the team in the preseason...
...NCAA Championships, including a third-place finish last year, the Black and White was left without an invitation this year. Radcliffe was hurt by a four-regatta losing streak towards the end of the season. The streak included surprising losses to Boston University and Dartmouth, as well as defeats against rivals Princeton and Yale. The young squad, which consistently had only three seniors on its varsity eight boat, began the season right by beating Boston College and Northeastern to win the Rowlands Cup. It followed that win with an upset of Brown in Providence...
...motivations of these Fatah leaders, many of whom surround Abbas, are less political and ideological than they are about restoring lost power and its ensuing privileges. Indeed, Fatah has shown little inclination to digest the real reasons for its electoral defeat - the fact that ordinary Palestinians see many of its leaders as incorrigibly corrupt and self-serving and view the movement as having no political vision for achieving Palestinian national goals. This view of Fatah is what prompted an electorate committed to a two-state solution to nonetheless vote Hamas into power, as a clean and more responsive alternative. Even...