Word: defeater
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard uses the power play to defeat theLakers, 4-2, in the opener, and Ciavaglia nets hisfirst collegiate hat trick to power the Crimson toa 5-2 second-game...
...single vote has been counted yet, but city residents yesterday were predicting an overwhelming defeat for this fall's ballot initiative known as Proposition...
...addition, voters decided on a controversial ballot initiative known as Proposition 1-2-3, which would radicallyoverhaul the city's rent contol system. Observerssaid yesterday that 1-2-3 and the three vacancieshad contributed to a high voter turnout andpredicted overwhelming defeat for the referendum...
Before the last set of results were announced,many observers were predicting the defeat ofincumbent Thomas W. Danehy, an 11-term councillorwho enjoyed immense popularity in the 1970s.Danehy has slipped steadily in recent years andthis year had to fight off tough challenges fromCyr and Myers in his home base of North Cambridge...
...past glory, radar is facing its most perilous assault ever. All the major military powers are working on stealth technologies designed to defeat radar. The U.S. Air Force's new B-2 Stealth bomber, for example, is supposedly almost invisible to radar because its sleek shape and special composite construction tend to absorb rather than reflect electronic signals. The same techniques will soon be used to introduce stealth missiles, ships, satellites and tanks. Moreover, military designers have developed missiles and other weapons that can zero in on electronic signals and thus destroy the ships and planes carrying radar. Faced with...