Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Saturday night here, Harvard put an end to a decade of frustration by breaking out with four third-period goals to defeat the Elis, 7-2, in front of a soldout, noisy crowd of 3200 in the belly of Yale's "Whale...
...have political events lifted spirits. The 1986 Senate elections were disastrous for the Moral Majority's preferred candidates. Last month's defeat of Robert Bork, an ideal Supreme Court nominee from the movement's standpoint, further suggested a loss of clout. As for issues like abortion and school prayer, Moral Majority spent millions "without achieving one piece of legislation," observes Evangelical Theologian Carl F.H. Henry. Fundamentalists this year also lost three significant court cases dealing with curriculum grievances against public schools...
...other goals were not achieved on schedule. Yet both men remained committed to the proposal, even as rebel violence continued in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. The White House had planned to use the failed deadline to push for $270 million in new contra aid. But with a congressional defeat looming, the Administration decided to seek only $30 million in nonlethal aid, to tide the contras over at least through mid-January...
President Reagan also met with Helms to reassure him about the nomination. Reagan also chatted amiably with Judiciary Committee Chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del., who led the successful fight to defeat the first nominee for the court vacancy, Robert H. Bork. Reagan's second nominee, appellate judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, asked the president to withdraw his name last Saturday after Ginsburg's admission of past marijuana...
After beating Yale 1-0 on penalty kicks in the first round last year, Harvard downed Boston University, 2-1, to claim the New England regional title. The Crimson went on to defeat Hartwick, 2-0, and earn a Final Four berth before falling to Duke, 3-1, in the semifinals...