Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...What's wrong with a two-time loser? Richard Nixon first went down to defeat in one of the closest races ever recorded. His second loss was to Governor Pat Brown of California who, at that time, was solidly entrenched and supported by an invincible political machine. Defeat was inevitable. The 1966 congressional elections resulted in Republican victories in both the House and Senate. The results were due in large part to the strenuous campaigning of Nixon through some 30 states in a three-month period. Truly a remarkable achievement for a two-time loser...
Expecting the Unexpected. If that didn't unsettle his basically conservative constituency (it is only 6% Negro), his votes last week to invoke cloture to end the civil rights debate and to defeat an antiriot measure undoubtedly did. But Harris' own Senate colleagues have come to expect the unexpected from the new-style Sooner, a tough-minded, blunt-and brave-political tightrope walker. After only three years in the Senate, Harris is already regarded as a possible future Democratic leader...
...clearly only the week before, when Egypt was rocked by anti-government demonstrations. The trouble had started right in Helwan, where 3,000 workers took to the street to protest the leniency shown by a military court to four top officers accused of criminal responsibility for the defeat by Israel in June. Egged on by leftist agents of Nasser's own Arab Socialist Union Party, the workers attacked a local police post, were driven off only with riot guns. Their cause was quickly picked up by students of Egypt's three major universities, who turned downtown Cairo into...
...first and foremost exponents of the "treat 'em rough" school of film romance, Gable was the ultimate hero, to whom defeat was unacceptable. Yet one of the most incongruous moments in Dear Mr. Gable was a clip from the one big flop of his career, the 1937 Parnell. "Carry on my fight for Ireland. I charge you. See that Ireland is never defeated," said Gable on Parnell's deathbed. His acting was not equal to the role, and audiences chuckled when they saw the tough-guy trying to play the patriot. He picked later roles more carefully...
...Mattapan residents are successful in their bid to defeat the MBTA plans, the construction of the Kennedy library, scheduled to begin in 1970, could be delayed...