Word: defeated
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...This is no accidental presidency. Bush intends his to be a consequential presidency. And he knows that in January 2009 it all ends. This is a man on a mission, indeed several missions. And very little time. If that scares the Democrats who tried everything to defeat him-and those around the world who were desperately hoping for his replacement and repudiation-it should...
...people of the U.S.?and that includes the media?need to rally behind our President and give him our full support. We must remain a nation united to defeat our enemies. They would like nothing better than to see the U.S. implode. We don't need the mainstream media to foment chaos and divisiveness. Enough already! We need the media to help unite us. United we stand; divided we fall. Harriet E. Rice Webster...
...vote, Cambridge voters rank their top nine choices, and a candidate wins a seat on the council when he or she receives “quota,” defined as one-tenth of the votes cast plus one extra vote. The system is problematic because it allowed the defeat this spring of MIT alum and students’ rights activist Matt S. DeBergalis—despite the fact that he received more first-place votes than two of the re-elected incumbents...
...surprisingly, on their faces were looks distinguished by a defeat, certainly, but not the last defeat they’d ever have the pleasure of suffering...
...bask in whatever glory can be got from tomorrow’s effortless victory over the Bulldogs, we must remember to not be too cruel to that breed of undergraduate, so faithful in their defeat. Yes, there is a kind of beauty in the simplemindedness that keeps Yalies coming back year after year only to face loss after loss...