Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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None of the matches were even remotely close. After beating Hunter College, 15-1, and downing the Air Force Academy, 16-0, Harvard continued their slash-and-burn fencing to easily defeat Princeton...
Carril's words proved prophetic here at Jadwin Gymnasium last night as Harvard took advantage of poor Princeton shooting to defeat the Tigers, 63-57, in front of 3500 spectators...
Last year, the Crimson recorded an 8-1 victory against the Tigers, in what Princeton Coach Betty Constable termed "the worst defeat ever for Princeton." She also called the 1987-88 Crimson sqaud "the best ever...
Ironically, Princeton was the last team to defeat the Crimson, capturing a 5-4 decision on February 6, 1982 at Hemenway Gymnasium. Princeton has broken several other Crimson winning streaks over the years...
...certainties of Pentagon planners, as Americans watched nightly televised images of young men engaged in search-and-destroy missions with a stubbornly invisible enemy. Nonetheless, official American confidence was largely unshaken. The Communist enemy was believed by Lyndon Johnson's White House to be "struggling to stave off military defeat...