Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...afraid this position may be difficult to defend. I hope we will be able to reinforce our troops there sufficiently." Even South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu is said by associates to believe that the Americans should evacuate Khe Sanh rather than risk a defeat that could curdle U.S. opinion about...
...prospects deteriorated, Nixon's expanded. Rockefeller reacted by inching away gradually from pledges not to run. He expected Romney to stick it out through the New Hampshire primary next Tuesday, and Wisconsin's on April 2. The miscalculation was enormous. Romney was heading not merely for defeat in New Hampshire but for annihilation. His staff was making thousands of phone calls and sending out thousands of letters to assemble audiences of 200. The "home headquarters" approach that seemed so folksy at first turned into a trap for the candidate, consuming his time and energy with little return. Starting...
...Republicans as lovingly as an election year will allow. He praised Romney's vigor as a campaigner; he also did his bit to debunk the stalking-horse theory. Romney's withdrawal, he said, "was not designed to stop Nixon. It was designed to save Romney from a defeat...
...crucial in the next few matches. Sophomore Jeff Seder missed an opportunity to tie the meet in the 144 lb. class when he lost 4-3 on riding time, and Dick Low had his thrilling last second reversal cancelled by points for riding time, again for a 4-3 defeat, in the 167 lb. class...
...influx of G.O.P. moderates next year, Morton might even oust Dirksen from the Senate leadership. An innately shy man, Morton saw little hope. His despair was heightened by the illness of his wife and a growing dread that the G.O.P. would again be tagged with racism, irresponsibility and defeat...