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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lose all political credibility. More importantly, once these candidates create or join a fledgling party, pressure is placed on them to generate positive reform proposals rather than to merely point the finger. And again that is where and when Hanson lost her way, as evidenced by her personal defeat at the last election...

Author: By Rosalind J. Dixon, | Title: Pat, Pauline and Extremist Politics | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...result, the freshmen had never faced much adversity, let alone defeat going into the most important match of their collegiate careers...

Author: By Barat Samy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Notebook | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...shaded, 27-acre compound has been occupied since the early '80s by Revolutionary Guards, who use part of it as a high school. Next to a mural of the Statue of Liberty, styled as a ghoulish skeleton, is the freshly painted warning: WE WILL MAKE AMERICA FACE A SEVERE DEFEAT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radicals Reborn | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

Carville hazarded that he thinks McCain will defeat Bush, the Republican frontrunner, in the first New Hampshire primary...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Carville, Lungren Clash Over Election | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

Over the course of the first five games, Harvard managed a 1-3-1 record and was outscored 15-4. Losses in the string included a 3-2 overtime defeat in the season opener against Providence, a 6-0 trouncing against then-No.1 Creighton and a 1-1 tie against Boston University...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: John Kerr: Building a Contender | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

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