Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hung around, she would have seen Harvard play three more matches, all as exciting as the Crimson's defeat of Yale...
Princeton heard the news of Yale's defeat but could not believe it; some of the players muttered...
...those who were troubled by the prospect of a Justice Bork and unsure what to make of a Justice Ginsburg. At the very least, liberals can take comfort in the make-up of the rogue's gallery which virulently opposed his nomination after Bork's bid went down to defeat in the Senate. Anyone who could so arouse the wrath of Ed Meese, Jesse Helms, Orrin Hatch and Strom Thurmond...
There no doubt will come to light several decisions handed down by Judge Kennedy which will offend the sensibilities of many of the same individuals and groups which united to defeat Bork. That is to be expected. He is, after all, the nominee of Ronald Reagan...
...little naive. Given what is now known about Ginsburg, it was foolhardy. In the wake of his withdrawal, few were talking publicly about the long-range implications of the embarrassment. A lame-duck President who has been buffeted by scandal, a stock-market crash and the bruising defeat of his first court nominee could ill afford this latest fiasco...