Word: defeating
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...grass. The dirt. The roar of the crowd. The pigskin sailing through the air from one sweaty hand to an even sweatier crook of the arm. The sweet smell of victory. The bitter agony of defeat. Yep, these cliches are the staple elements of a football formula flick...
Amherst came into the meet with a formidable 9-2 record. For Harvard (7-1, 3-1 Ivy), the competition was an important mid-season test, especially in the wake of an 8-1 defeat to Trinity last Saturday...
...last night, Harvard refused to be haunted by the recent defeat, and the Crimson rebounded in brilliant form...
...Imminent defeat is liberating. Say you knew you were going to lose the Super Bowl, but you had to play the game anyway. Wouldn't you want a glitzy halftime show starring Monica? Some Republican Senators voted for witnesses to make sure the trial passed constitutional muster, on the theory that partisanship in defense of the Constitution is no vice. But many more believe Lewinsky Live is their last best hope of attracting the public's attention and changing its mind...
Last week should have been a bad one for Tom Daschle. The Senate minority leader watched his party get flattened by the Republicans on five crucial impeachment votes. According to the partisan handbook that has so often held sway over these proceedings, Daschle's final defeat--when the G.O.P. rammed through its road map for the next week--should have sent him to the microphones. There he should have struck an aggrieved pose and bloviated freely, blaming the vindictive Republicans for shattering Senate comity in their hell-bent effort to destroy the President, or some such transgression. But instead...