Word: defeated
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...Williamson believes the team learned an important lesson in defeat...
Wang and Martire proved almost equally dominant, handing Mateya McCoy and Darcy Robertson an 8-2 defeat...
Lingman showed no lingering effects from her injuries at No. 2 against Penn’s regular No. 3, Chao, delivering a crushing 6-1, 6-2 defeat to move the Crimson to within striking distance of victory. Sophomore Melissa Anderson, playing at No. 6, staved off a late-charge from substitute Sara Schiffman, 6-3, 7-5 to move Harvard within one point of victory. Bergman, after eking out a tough first set with an extended tiebreak, 7-6 (7), easily dispatched with Ptak 6-2 in the second set to clinch...
...bring about a stable, democratic Iraq. That means, above all, restoring the security situation. We can't hope to meet the June 30 deadline unless the country is relatively secure. This will require decisive removal of the groups that have taken over certain towns. It will require decisive defeat of the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and of anyone else willing to take up arms against the coalition. We must commit the armed forces necessary...
...understanding your enemy can lead to defeat. We will have little success in overcoming terrorists unless we better comprehend their motives. The Afghanistan war was a proper reaction to 9/11, but the Iraq invasion must have pleased Osama bin Laden, as it brought greater numbers to his side. The U.S. is not safer as a result of the Iraq war; we are in greater danger. Bin Laden's active followers may be a small minority of Arabs and Muslims, but a small minority of 1 billion people can still be a huge number. Our free and open society...