Word: defeated
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...tragedy of Sept. 11 made things politically possible that never might have been otherwise. The defeat of Vietnam-maimed Sen. Max Cleland on grounds that he was unpatriotic, the prosecution of pre-emptive war in Iraq, the detention of suspects without trial or counsel, the suspension or revisions of numerous civil liberties—all were conceivable only after the attack, and all are deserving of media scrutiny. Yet the media fairly quickly turned its attention elsewhere (new shark attacks). Now, not only has the public forgotten about the survival of al Qaeda, the failure to locate Saddam, the entire...
Yale—like the Crimson—also edged out a scrappy Princeton team, needing one more overtime period than Harvard did to defeat the Tigers...
...Even the defeat was more of an affirmation than a condemnation of his importance to this team...
...course, there are some other implications that go along with a loss to Yale. A defeat would ensure a fourth place (or lower) finish for the Crimson for the first time since 1999, as the winner of Brown-Columbia would sneak into the third spot behind Penn and Yale. No current Crimson senior has finished that low in the standings...
...120th playing of The Game tomorrow will give all who believe in the triumph of good over evil something to be thankful for as they eat their turkey next week. And yet it hardly makes sense to express gratitude for something as sure as Yale’s impending defeat at the hands of our gridiron warriors—one might as well thank water for being wet or notorious Yalie George W. Bush for mispronouncing anything over two syllables. It’s just not in Yale’s nature to win at anything, let alone a football...