Word: defeating
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...Harvard hopes to get back on track and defeat the Catamounts, it will need to get past the stellar goaltending of Andrew Allen, who is 4-1-1 in the last six games, posting 184 saves and allowing just 11 goals for a .915 save percentage during that span...
...build a democratic, effective, member-run union, we have to struggle. There is no concrete alternative. We have the power to get a really good deal in our next contract. We should vote this proposal down to defeat, start over the democratic way, and decide together what we want in our next contract. We should elect a negotiating team that promises to take what we want to the table and fight for a strong contract when they get there...
This isn't a victory. It's a defeat. A defeat for the NBA, which tried to discipline a rogue player with a well-deserved reputation for being a punk. A defeat for the Warriors, who will have to pay the aforementioned punk the rest of his $32 million contract. A defeat for Sprewell, who is less likely to change his self-destructive behavior now. And a defeat for decency...
...League has never won an NCAA Tournament game, and Harvard has lost to top national programs in the last two postseason tournaments. But the reason Harvard lost those games is because it received a terrible seed and faced elite teams that few teams in the nation could defeat...
...Peter Schrag points out in the The New Republic (Mar. 9), the waivers will only be granted if the child's parents themselves appear at the school and if the student has already been failing in a regular class for 30 days, rendering the waiver "a prescription for academic defeat," not a feasible alternative to English-only education. Some Latino political leaders have criticized the proposal for this reason, arguing that students who don't become fluent in English after the mandatory year will be left floundering...