Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result of the victory over Yale, the Crimson wind up in second place in the Ivy League to Princeton, but wish to avoid a similar finish at Easterns. Whether Harvard can rebound from a 44-point defeat to the Tigers and capture its ninth straight Eastern Seaboard championship--which would break the record of eight straight set by Yale from 1963 to 1970--remains to be seen...
Harvard took Penn a little too lightly in its Ivy opener--dropping a heartbreaking 76-75 decision to the Quakers in Philadelphia--and has felt the effects of the defeat all season...
...hurting," was about the only comment Harvard wrestling Coach Jim Peckham could muster yesterday afternoon after Columbia rolled over the Crimson, 32-9, at Malkin Athletic Center, handing the Crimson its third straight Ivy League defeat...
...current wave of unrest in Western Europe began last November, when students closed more than 50 French universities in an attempt to defeat a government-sponsored bill that would have tightened admissions requirements and raised tuition fees. Students criticized the changes as "elitist." In December they gained a dramatic victory when Premier Jacques Chirac withdrew the proposal. Part of their motivation was to continue the elitism they deplored: while total French unemployment is about 11%, only 3% of university graduates are jobless...
...aging Ayatullah's hermetic existence had fueled rumors recently that he was near death. He had not been heard in public since November. But last week Khomeini gave a clear and steady 17-minute talk exhorting his followers to defeat Iraq in the bitter gulf war. Said he: "Almost every day, many children and old men see their homes fall in on them. But as soon as they clamber from the rubble, they speak of the need to make war until victory...