Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Eagles staved off defeat twice, and the Crimson momentum faltered. B.C. rallied for five unanswered points to take the match...
...could have been worse. An Ivy wrestling powerhouse like Cornell could have decimated the Harvard team. In past years, the mats would have been streaked with the blood, sweat and tears of Crimson defeat and humiliation...
...Saturday's match, defeat is the only word that fits. With a score, of 24-11, Harvard can at least claim a dignified loss...
...attention, class: The Harvard hockey team will defeat Boston College in the first round of the Beanpot Tournament tonight at Boston Garden. It will mark the first time since 1981 that Harvard has captured a first-round 'Pot game...
...when the returns came in last week, the results were calamitous for Congress, which won only 26 of 232 seats in the state assembly. Moreover, the victor, Muthuvel Karunanidhi, was aligned with the National Front, a coalition of parties formed to defeat Gandhi in the national elections to be held later this year. Meanwhile, the Congress chief minister of another state, Arjun Singh, resigned over charges that he profited from funds misappropriated from a lottery held to benefit child-welfare programs. Observed New Delhi's Statesman: "Things are falling apart for Mr. Gandhi...