Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...defeat spoiled the Crimson's perfect weekend as well as a five-run second inning Harvard produced against Yale starter Marc LaMagna with the help of Cobb's three-run double and Decareau's homer. Greg Ager came on to replace LaMagna and take the win, while Pablo Munoz earned his sixth save...
Brown heads bowed in the agony of defeat after Harvard's first boat continued rowing past the finish line of the 2000 meter race. Harvard had humbled what could prove to be its biggest competition...
...tendency to merge radical thought with pragmatic tactics is the key to success for any movement today. Radical tactics such as those used by the violent Weather Underground in the late 1960s and early 1970s ignored the need for public support and ultimately led to defeat. The use of non-violence, on the other hand, by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led to a groundswell of mass support, and subsequent victories such as the Voting Rights...
...loss, the second one-run defeat for the Crimson in two days, drops the Crimson to 4-7. The Crusaders' mark now stands...
However, the goals of promoting diversity and creating a house community recently have been at odds in the divisiveness surrounding Kirkland house. Master Donald H. Pfister's concerns that the concentration of athletes in certain houses--especially his own--are so high as to defeat the College's goal of diversity have prompted swift action. A week from today the house masters will consider placing quotas that set a limit of 29 percent on the number of varsity and junior varsity athletes in a house and a minimum of 9 percent...