Word: defeatingly
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...seems that both victory and defeat have a way of changing people, rewiring the circuits and rewriting the scripts. The theme of brotherly love disappeared when Bush had the wits scared out of him in New Hampshire and discovered he would have to give up his pound of flesh to the right wing after all; when Bush allies passed out leaflets about Cindy McCain's past addiction to painkillers; when McCain slashed back by suggesting that Bush was intolerant in reaching out to the Fundamentalists at Bob Jones University. Even before last week, the race that was supposed...
...Young VII in the east, our Mormon comrades will push the Chinese overlords so far downfield they'll be back across the North Pacific in no time. Meanwhile, the descendants of former Federal Express and United Parcel Service agents will swarm every zip code west of Omaha to deliver defeat to the dreaded USPS--overnight guaranteed...
...Cornell has had a clear edge in both games the teams have played. In Harvard's 2-1 victory on Nov. 13, the Crimson was outshot 34-14, most of which were high-quality. Senior goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo was unable to pull off similar heroics in a 6-2 defeat on Feb.4 at Bright. In the second period of that drubbing, Cornell outshot Harvard...
...history for political or financial gain. Although the crimes of the past must always be remembered, an acute political interest in historical misdeeds usually accompanies and fuels the rise of divisive, sectarian politics--one remembers Slobodan Milosevic boosting his power by exploiting the 600-year anniversary of a Serb defeat. Rather than looking to the past to gain wisdom, such approaches rub the public's wounds with the salt of past misdeeds, breeding mutual antagonism and hostility. While politics and race relations are thus contaminated, little progress can be made; cooperation to solve present problems is neglected in favor...
...speculated endlessly through the night, trying to pinpoint the moment at which John McCain's upstart campaign derailed. Some pointed to his loss in a bitter South Carolina contest; others blamed his lackluster showing in Washington State for slowing his momentum. But while the geographical epicenter of McCain's defeat will remain a matter of spirited debate, there is little doubt as to his demographic downfall. Core Republicans, along with self-identified Christian conservatives, voted for Governor Bush in droves, apparently punishing McCain for his spirited denunciation of the "forces of evil" in the Christian Coalition. "That attack...