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...United States is the best at everything. We’re the richest, we’re the most powerful, and we’re certainly the most athletic. When we finally do win the World Cup in soccer and defeat Germany in the race for most overall Winter Olympic medals, we’ll have just about everything. We can move on to croquet and cricket until we’re the best at that...
...definitely agree [that we will respond well to the defeat],” said freshman middle blocker Abe Marouf. “In rough times [some of us] shut down, but coach told us no more of that. No more excuses...
...joined before? When the organization first came to Geneva in 1946, postwar fear of communism was rife and the cautious Swiss decided to stay outside. In a 1986 referendum, 76% of voters rejected membership; distrust of the Soviets, as well as political squabbles between superpowers, was blamed for the defeat. Today, Nordmann says, "the international environment is different and the U.N is different. We can no longer hide behind the shield of neutrality...
...majority of American fans in the crowd saluted the Canadians with respect, but remained stunned at the defeat. Their belief in the U.S. women’s team’s invincibility was deflated by reality. The 1998 Olympics and 1997 Four Nations Cup remain the United States’ only significant international victories over Canada...
...limiting in one case, expansionist in the other. The Jews’ concept of election puts enormous pressure on them to try to live up to the measure of God—a moral outlook that does not tempt many converts, and has made Jews notoriously susceptible to political defeat. By contrast, Islam is a religion that has affirmed itself through conquest. Along with its humanitarian and spiritual teachings, the sword is one of its proudest symbols, and the current effort to increase its numbers, including in America, is part of this drive for universal reach. Is there anything wrong...