Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush can count on the Deep South and on New Hampshire. But if Bush's message doesn't sell in traditionally Republican states--like Oregon--then Bush is in serious trouble. With George Bush heading the Republican ticket, the party is headed for certain defeat (or as George Bush would call it, "Deep Doo Doo") come election...
...nation's seventh-ranked Harvard women's lacrosse team woke up after a brief nap in the second half to defeat 10th-ranked Maryland, 10-7, yesterday afternoon before 70 spectators at Soldiers Field...
...prey to takeover artists who wanted to break up the company like a rusty old carnival ride and sell its pieces to the highest bidders. But someone at Disney must have wished upon a star -- maybe all 30,000 employees did. After sliding within a cricket's whisker of defeat in 1984, Disney has come chirping back. Cheerleading a staff of go-team-go executives, Chairman Michael Eisner, 46, and President Frank Wells, 56, have pulled off one of the most dazzling corporate turnarounds since Lee Iacocca steered Chrysler back from the brink. Says Sid Bass, the Texas billionaire whose...
...dinner last spring), that in fact I had always thought of Nixon as a comic character, a dark and serious American comic character, like someone out of Twain. Comic in the Checkers speech. Comic in the "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore" farewell following his defeat in the California gubernatorial election in 1962. In the clownish 5 o'clock shadow of the first Nixon-Kennedy television debate. In the "I am not a crook" protest. Lighting fires in the White House fireplace in the middle of summer. Kneeling with Henry Kissinger in prayer. Phone calls to Woody...
...three-term Cambridge representative said he would need between $75,000 and $100,000 in contributions to defeat Howe, a 23-year Beacon Hill veteran. "Unfortunately, money is very important in this race," Vellucci said...