Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson does defeat B.C., it will then meet either Northeastern or Boston University in the title match today at 4 p.m. The consolation game...
...sixth-singles spot, junior Robi Soni prevailed over Bill Featherston in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2. The third singles victory for the Crimson came at the number-four position when Chang, who usually plays at number-six, won both tiebreakers to defeat Rick Theobald...
...Monday, the Cubbies were 8-2 and riding a seven-game winning streak. Monday night, I had this vision: Andre Dawson hitting a homer in the bottom of the ninth against the Mets to clinch the pennant. Then, Mark Grace would homer to defeat the Texas Rangers to win the World Series. Yes, 1989, the year of the Cubbie. Players such as Mitch Webster, Mitch Williams, Paul Kilgus and Shawon Duston would become Cub legends...
...Blumenfeld did not limit his criticism to the lack of coverage. He challenged the use of several common media phrases such as "AIDS victim" and "AIDS patient," saying that these labels carry with them a connotation of defeat or dependency...
This fall's contest promises to be more difficult than in 1985, when the G.O.P. complacently assumed that race alone would defeat Wilder. This time he must inspire a larger than usual black turnout while persuading whites to put aside historic prejudices. To fend off criticism from conservatives, he has distanced himself from Jackson. Some militant black leaders in Richmond resent Wilder's retreat from his roots. But if he becomes Governor, he will have done what Jackson and other protest leaders have been unable to do: build a coalition that can put a black in a Governor's mansion...