Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...done to keep the naval problem secondary. He doesn't want these negotiations, and he is not the only one. As for other concessions, they were made on both sides. If someone believes that we are eliminating more intermediate-range missiles than the U.S. and that this is a defeat for the Soviet Union, let them. We do not consider that we have lost anything from the point of view of security. We have no intention of riding side by side, as in a horse race. If we see goodwill on our partner's side, we take this into consideration...
Caro's first Johnson volume, The Path to Power, was published in 1982 and proved Corcoran wrong. In comprehensive and forceful detail, it followed Johnson from the lonely Texas hill country, out from under the humiliating shadow of his failed father. The book ended with his unexpected defeat in a 1941 race for the U.S. Senate. The Path remained a best seller for three months and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction...
Alfredo Cesar, one of her chief strategists, promises she will stay close to home once the campaign formally opens Dec. 4. But Dona Violeta needs more than that to defeat the well-organized Ortega. U.N.O. must reach its natural constituency among those hurt most by the Sandinistas. Even the U.S. is uncertain how strongly to back her. While Ortega is one of Bush's least favorite heads of state, lavishing U.S. resources on a lost cause could succeed only in making Ortega more difficult to deal with in a second term. Still, the U.S. will spend $9 million to support...
...that saying goes, with the "thrill of victory" necessarily comes the "agony of defeat." The 4-3 overtime defeat marked Minnesota's fourth consecutive exit from the NCAA Final Four without a title victory. Once again, Minnesota fans were left with the indelible impression of a ski jumper viciously tumbling down a 100-meter ramp...
Vermont is the only ECAC team to defeat Harvardmore than two times in the last two years.Probably because the Cats had the talent to equalthe Crimson. This year, they...