Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hockey: The Crimson had to defeat both Clarkson and St. Lawrence to win its third-straight regular-season ECAC title. Harvard did just that, disproving many critics' predictions and entered the ECAC Quarterfinals as the best team in the league...
...toughest competitors, Suess, is a long-time rival of Greene's. The two have competed against each other since they were 13, but this time the battle may be a little fiercer, Earlier this year, Suess handed Greene her only defeat of the dual meet season, something that Greene has not forgotten. But she feels that "it is fun to compete with her. Andi always pushes...
...Engineers defeat Cornell and Colgate, they will be assured of a playoff spot. Two losses will put the Engineers out of the playoffs only if Dartmouth splits or sweeps its weekend games...
...Americans are afraid of losing. Stiffled by our fear, we refuse to admit defeat, clinging to the belief that America can't lose, no matter what the situation...
...flip side of Dole's Iowa victory was Vice President George Bush's defeat. Despite his status as Reagan's heir apparent, the advantages of office and more than $5 million in campaign funds, Bush finished a distant third, with a slim 19% of the vote. Pat Robertson, the former religious broadcaster who has never held public office, stunned the Republican establishment with 25% of the vote and a second-place finish, emerging as a powerful and potentially disruptive force...