Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ruggers did not fall apart, and held on to defeat the Crusaders for the first time in three years...
...brink of withdrawal even as he fought for revival in this week's Illinois primary. Dole cut half his campaign staff and canceled television ads in Illinois while scrambling to broadcast a half-hour final appeal on Saturday night. A frequent adviser who ranks as politics' reigning expert on defeat and redemption, Richard Nixon, wired encouragement: MAKE ILLINOIS YOUR FINEST HOUR...
...watch what happens in elections at the county level, all over the nation. The impact of this election is going to be felt in the elections of 1990, when the census is taken, and in 1991, when reapportionment takes place." He wants to build from the consensus established to defeat Bork: "There were fears about letting new people into the process, whether we could handle all these women, or 18-year-olds, or blacks, or homosexuals. But they have all proved to be just as American as earlier voters. We have to redefine 'we.' " Inclusively...
Harvard 9, Michigan St. 8: The first game will be a tough one for the Crimson, as Kevin Miller thinks he's playing against the Russians and nets six goals for the Spartans, who defeat the Crimson, 6-3. After conferring with Lane MacDonald and Allen Bourbeau, Coach Bill Cleary tells his boys to win one for the old crimson, white and blue. Harvard responds by trouncing the Spartans, 6-2, and spends the first weekend of Spring Break in Minnesota...
...great enough to defeat the Crimson at Bright, where Harvard has posted a 5-0-1 record in NCAA Tournament games since...