Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After winning two of its first three bouts against Brown on Saturday, the Harvard wrestling team suffered losses in the next six en route to a 28-8 defeat by the Bruins at Malkin Athletic Center...
After nine years and two months of humiliation, frustration and defeat on the battle grounds of Afghanistan, the Soviet Union was bringing the last of its boys home. For the demoralized Soviets, the deceptively festive homecoming in Termez marked the closing phase of a nine-month pullout that is scheduled to conclude this week with the return of the last 20,000 Soviet troops...
...diplomatic fig leaves failed, surprising few Soviet citizens, who have long since made up their minds about the misdirected war effort. "It was a noble cause," said a returning soldier last week, "and a mistake." Moscow's task will be to resurrect dignity from the rubble of a bitter defeat that cost 15,000 Soviet lives and produced no tangible gains...
This sort of timidity cuts to the heart of what is so troubling about anointing legislators for life. "The issue is not that we need to defeat incumbents," contends Fred Wertheimer, president of Common Cause. "It's just that competitive elections are what democracy is all about." What matters, in short, is not the amount that Congressmen are paid, but whether the nation can again create a political system in which they earn...
Friends and observers agree that her husband's presidential defeat was an emotionally crushing blow to Kitty. An energetic and ambitious woman, she had thrived on the demanding schedule, tumult and attention of the campaign. Sandy Bakalar, a close friend, says, "Kitty was going 1,000 miles a minute. Then on Nov. 8 it was suddenly over. It was a terrible loss." Her husband, meanwhile, handled the loss in his usual stoic fashion. "Kitty had to do the mourning for both of them," says Richard Gaines, editor of the Boston Phoenix, who has long reported on the Dukakis family...