Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Administration had already announced plans to "Vietnamize the war" earlier in the year. The address delivered last night strongly resembled Nixon's first Vietnam policy speech in May. At that time, the President ruled out one-sided withdrawal or "disguised American defeat...
...preamble to the letter stated that it was intended "for purposes of information and as a point of departure for further thought and discussion." But the letter stressed "the importance of a large turnout [at the Faculty meeting] to defeat... amendments... designed to make the future Faculty Council wholly elective...
Guaranteed Defeat. Even under Salazar, "elections" of sorts were held regularly, and why not? The only time anyone ever piled up a sizable opposition vote was in 1958, when flamboyant General Humberto Delgado ran on the slogan: "I know this regime is rotten because I was once a part of it." Delgado won 23% of the vote. This year's chief opposition leader is Lawyer Mario Soares, 44, a thoughtful Socialist politician who went to jail twelve times under Salazar. Soon after Caetano became Premier, he brought Soares back from remote São Tomé island, where Salazar...
...voters were named on the official registration lists, but nongovernment candidates were not allowed to see the lists long enough to record all the names on them. In the Lisbon election district, Scares' group managed to send ballots to only half of the 350,000 voters-thus guaranteeing defeat. What is more, opposition ballots were printed on nearly transparent paper that was clearly different from the heavier-stock used by the National Union, thus making the "secret ballot" a mockery...
...woefully lacking in depth, and on two occasions when Fields won meets, his teammates were unable to supply enough strength to keep Yale from losing. The Bulldogs have dropped five-of-six meets, and the feeling at Now Haven is that it will be an upset if Yale can defeat Princeton, much less Harvard...