Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson, however, did little to make the afternoon worthwhile, as it suffered a 6-3 shellacking by the Golden Gophers--Harvard's worst defeat in over two years...
...defeat in the varsity contest was an unsatisfactory end to the day, but the Crimson swept every other race. The junior varsity, first freshman, third varsity, and second freshmen all won their heats by fairly comfortable margins...
...only did the team need to defeat WCHA runner-up Minnesota in order to salvage a victory from its spring vacation in Detroit, but it also had the duty of keeping awake the 1500 disappointed fans who would have greatly preferred watching their team play in the "first place game" later that evening...
...enemy troops and taken 438 prisoners while losing just 29 soldiers. Chadian officials also said that in the hasty retreat last week from the air base at Ouadi-Doum, the Libyans left behind a trove of Soviet-made equipment, including combat aircraft, tanks and rocket launchers. The defeat, stated a Chadian military communique, enabled government forces a few days later to seize Faya-Largeau, Gaddafi's last major stronghold in Chad. Even before that final blow, some 3,000 Libyans, fighting despondency and a violent sandstorm, had begun retreating north...
...Libya's defeat was caused by more than a logistical gaffe. In recent months France has supplied Chad with Milan antitank missiles (cost: $34,000 each), which have a range of about 2,000 yds. Another factor was the poor morale of the estimated 15,000 Libyan troops in Chad, most of whom are ill trained and poorly paid...