Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about the students' occupation of the political heart of the country, President Mikhail Gorbachev presided over the opening of a Congress whose members included purged former comrades, dissident intellectuals and outspoken non-Russian nationalists. In Poland the first halfway-open election in four decades produced a humiliating defeat for the Communist Party...
Perhaps no Soviet satellite was studying the results more carefully than Hungary, which is preparing for its own multiparty elections next year. Commenting on the Polish vote last week, the national Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet said the Communist defeat "was not only humiliating but also constitutes an incalculable source of danger...
...been spoiling for fights since he arrived in Congress in 1979, outspokenly intent on changing the tone of the Republicans' minority- party congeniality. He repeatedly clashed with Wright's predecessor, Tip O'Neill, and has survived two attempts by the Democratic congressional campaign committee to target him for defeat in his suburban Atlanta district. While he awaits what is sure to be a protracted ethics inquiry, Gingrich will go on fighting. "If we get rid of Wright but keep 99% of the other Democrats, we've accomplished nothing," he says. "I'm ready for more action...
...effort to stake out his political identity after his election defeat, Dukakis outlines his goals for the second half of his gubernatorial term. He lashes out at critics of his fiscal policy but offers no concrete plan to rescue the state from its growing fiscal problems. Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn, considered by many to be a top contender for the governership in 1990, announces that he will not be candidate...
...School students defeat the referendum brought by the Students' Alliance For Fairness by a more than two-to-one ratio. Opponents say the amendment would have barred some minority students from committees...