Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wants to go on record "as trying to keep the budget deficit down," according to Rep. James H. Scheuer (D-N.Y.); if the government insures the loans, the full amount will not have to be listed on the budget. Congressmen speculate that the President will gracefully accept defeat on this issue and others--including the school lunch program--if Congress is willing to accept blame for the budget deficit...
...impressions, Humphrey was back at 8 a.m. next day to address members of Congress. His listeners found Humphrey unwontedly militant, particularly since his mission had been to emphasize that the U.S. is as deeply committed to the struggle for a better life in Asia as it is to the defeat of Red aggression...
Ladies Present. An official statement by the executive council blamed Senator Everett Dirksen, Republican minority leader, for the defeat on the 14(b) issue. As for the dispute over guidelines, Meany said that the "arithmetic smacks of trickery" on the part of the President's Council of Economic Advisers...
Harvard's basketball team built up a 31-point lead in the first half, then barely hung on to defeat Yale, 87 to 82, Saturday...
...secessionist government. At first it was reported that Tshombe was subdued and would have to accept whatever cease-fire terms might be offered him. But it quickly became clear that Elisabethville was not yet under U.N. control, and what had seemed an easily won victory evolved into a costly defeat...