Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cleary stood in a corner in the belly of The Whale. He wore a smile. He has seen a lot of hockey. Victory. Defeat...
...Defense Forces, as the past 14 months of bitter war against children and stones has done. Seemingly impervious to Israel's iron fist, the Palestinian uprising rages on, and that is exacting a price from the I.D.F. measured less in injuries than in anguish. The army faces not military defeat but moral erosion, and its troops, the young men of Israel, find themselves charged with an impossible task: end the intifadeh but be humane; solve the Palestinian problem but do not jeopardize Israel's security...
...longer Brown campaigns, the closer he gets to this goal. Though he is running against three former Congressmen and one state party chairman, all white, he is clearly in the lead. That has put the party in a bind: his election would alienate many whites, but a last-minute defeat would be seen as an abandonment of party principles. Because of his connection to Jackson and, yes, his color, Brown's talents as a cajoler and conciliator have been thoroughly tested during this campaign. If he succeeds in becoming the symbolic leader and video face of a party that...
...basketball team will defeat Dartmouth Tuesday at Briggs Cage. A plan of attack: The cagers should work the ball to Ron Mitchell more. He's been the most consistent player on the team. Don't be surprised if Harvard Coach Peter Roby and company are hanging up an Ivy title banner at the end of the season...
Other victims of the Axis have opted to put the past behind them. The Philippines, which suffered a bloody, one-sided defeat and a brutal occupation by imperial Japan, will send President Corazon Aquino. Indonesia will send President Suharto. Most of Japan's modern-day trading partners seem to share the magnanimity -- and pragmatism -- of incoming U.S. President George Bush. While a Navy bomber pilot, he was shot down over the Pacific by Japanese gunners, but he professes to hold no grudge. Bush was among the first Western leaders to announce he will attend Hirohito's funeral. To those...