Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...administration called it "unjudicial." Now that the University can no longer challenge the union victory on the grounds of fairness, it is attacking the deliverer of justice. This shows what critics suspected all along--that Harvard's arguments in favor of fairness were simply a veiled attempt to defeat the union...
...story is carried on through Churchill's 1945 defeat at the polls, the writing of his war memoirs, his second term at 10 Downing Street in the early '50s and, finally, his death at 90 in 1965. Gilbert's is the official biography, a day-by-day chronological account that seems to leave out nothing important and includes much that is not. Looked at on its own terms, it is an admirable monument to the great man, meticulously researched, scrupulously documented and well -- or well enough -- written...
Milosevic's defeat enhanced his popularity among his followers, to the detriment of national unity. Observed Kosta Cavoski, a Belgrade lawyer and political analyst: "Milosevic is riding a tiger. If he backs down on his demands, he will be regarded as a traitor by his strongest supporters. But if he continues to incite mass protests, he will be challenging the entire political order in Yugoslavia." Though chased off this time, the tiger remains on the prowl...
Columbia (1-3 Ivy): The Lions must defeat Dartmouth and Cornell; at Dartmouth (November 5), Cornell (November 12) and Brown (November...
Brown (0-3-1 Ivy): The Bruins must lose to Harvard and defeat Dartmouth; at Harvard (October 29), Dartmouth (November 12) and at Columbia (November...