Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leading constitutional law scholar, Tribe testified against Bork this fall and advised Judiciary Committee members on how to defeat the nominee. Bork lost his bid by a vote of 58-42 in October...
...unlikely the young Crimson squad will defeat Stanford or Duke. Harvard never has beaten either team, losing five times to each squad...
...most accounts, the government was genuinely shocked by the defeat. Jaruzelski, who had campaigned vigorously for approval, maintained a sullen silence. Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban, by contrast, sought to put the brightest possible face on the vote's outcome. The authorities had "wanted to know the true opinion of the population, an opinion expressed freely," he said, and they professed "satisfaction" with the results...
Under the pressure of dismal economic conditions, Jaruzelski has already begun to usher in some reforms. In a move to consolidate the country's bloated bureaucracy, for example, the regime trimmed 31 government ministries down to 23, eliminating 3,000 jobs. Some analysts speculated that the referendum defeat was actually welcomed by certain factions within the regime, including an odd coalition of hard-liners who resist any liberalization in Poland and ardent reformers who want even more drastic measures. But the outcome provided scant encouragement for those hoping that the belt-tightening reforms would allow the country to begin chipping...
...Daley machine and the constituents of his black middle-class district. Under Chicago's notorious patronage system, Sawyer admits, he was able to place 16 friends and relatives in city jobs. Yet he was the first black alderman to break with former Mayor Jane Byrne and thus help Washington defeat her in 1983. He supported Washington's policies, but in a quiet style that did not alienate the council's white ethnic pols. While Washington won with solid black and some white-liberal support, Sawyer could conceivably build a more durable coalition of ethnic whites and a substantial number...