Word: defeated
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...junior tennis star triumphed over a Baghdad-born engineer, an American poker pro, a Paris-based Tunisian, a British investment banker and a Greek tycoon. Affleck says it's not hard to see why poker has wide appeal. "There's elimination," he says, "there's victory, there's defeat and there are real stakes involving everyday, normal people." And some very smart people as well. "The dotcom generation loves poker. It gives you a sense of control you don't find in other games," says Howard Schwartz, the proprietor of Las Vegas' Gambler's Book Shop. "It's a roller...
...Simpsons” and, occasionally, an episode of “The Family Guy” a roommate had downloaded onto his computer. But my summer cartooning mixes the comic and the action, and the protagonists of these shows are heroes—they display great courage, defeat their enemies and always do the right thing...
Hero cartoons provide excitement and adventure and offer an escape from everyday life. But they also teach the beauty of living in the real world—we do not always have to be successful and defeat our enemies. And while we may hope to spend our lives doing good for the world, we shouldn’t demand it from ourselves all the time. While Aladdin, Hercules and Kim must spend every half hour righting wrongs, overcoming burdens and saving the world, we can take thirty minutes off to watch them...
LETTERS MILESTONES YOUR TIME: Health ESSAY: Andrew Sullivan on the defeat of the gay-marriage...
...else into the path of a supporting forward who could shoot past the keeper. It was an approach that rewarded hard work, physicality, finishing ability (creating a goal out of a pass into the area that eluded the defense) and bottle (physical courage and a refusal to accept defeat...