Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first 20 minutes of most games, the women cagers had little problem grabbing a lead. But between halves, a cloud of inertia and inaccuracy would settle over them and defeat would soon follow...
...same moral standard to which he holds his homeland. His father, Ernst von Weizsacker, held high posts in Hitler's Foreign Service and later was tried in Nuremberg for war crimes. But the younger von Wiezsacker, a member of the German Army, consistently calls that army's defeat a "liberation" from Nazi barbarism--much to the displeasure and discomfort of his fellow citizens...
...final Crimson individual victory came in the 500 freestyle as junior John Pearson finished on top in a close three-man race. Down by one-half of a body length with 25 yards remaining, Pearson came back to defeat the Explorers' Jeff Gershe and teammate John Ritch...
...defeat assured the Crimson of another season without an Ivy League wrestling title. With two matches remaining, the injury-riddled squad is now 1-3 in the Ivies and 9-7 overall...
Dooley said that Harvard will have to play better than it did yesterday to defeat Princeton next week. A victory over the Tigers would capture the regular-season Ivy title and earn home-ice advantage for the Crimson in the Ivy League Tournament...