Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that my pals Roger Ailes and Jimmy Baker have helped me defeat that icky Michael Dukakis and his liberal, out-of-the-mainstream ideas, I need to start making some tough choices about what kind of people I want to bring with me to Washington to form my new administration. Obviously, I need to do a much better job than I did in New Orleans when I picked Danforth Quayle to be my co-pilot...
...exiled, tortured or executed. Meanwhile, the politically explosive gulf between rich and poor has steadily grown wider. "We broke an authoritarian system," said Ricardo Lagos, president of the Party for Democracy, one of the 16 groups that made up the Command for the No, which led the campaign to defeat Pinochet. "Now our work is to reconstruct a democratic system...
...strong position. By winning 43% of the vote, he showed broader popular appeal than opposition polls had indicated -- a considerable achievement for a dictator after 15 years in power. Said Labor Minister Alfonso Marquez de la Plata: "The plebiscite was a personal triumph for the President and an electoral defeat for his collaborators. It's a clear demonstration that he enjoys a great deal of civilian support...
...Black and White rallied from a 6-4 deficit to defeat the Big Green, 8-6. Prop Anne Moon scored the game-winning try with five minutes remaining in the contest...
With the Bulldogs having a doghouse type of season, odds were good that Columbia would defeat Yale this weekend and end The Streak. Calm down, Yalies, the honor went to Princeton last week in New York...