Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Columbia Coach Larry McElreavy told an overflow media crowd after the record-breaking defeat that his team would win, sooner or later...
...hoped that Heflin could help the President save face on the Judiciary Committee. But with Specter going against Bork and undecided Arizona Democrat Dennis DeConcini expected to follow suit, even a pro-Bork vote by Heflin at this stage would probably mean nothing more than an 8-to-6 defeat for the nominee rather than a 9-to-5 loss...
...Biden's ability to be President. True, it would have been severely embarrassing for any campaign to admit taking shots at Biden on the eve of the hearings he conducted on Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court. , Furious Democrats regarded the video as undermining the effort to defeat Bork, an important party cause. Even so, the embarrassment would have been minor compared with what actually occurred...
MEDFORD-Before the beginning of the season, Co-Captain Jodi Cassell said that the Crimson had to defeat the teams that they lost to last year. For the second straight night, they did just that...
...Crimson is undaunted by Northeastern's recent successes and is hoping to avenge its defeat at the hands of the Huskies...