Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meanwhile, No. 1 Nebraska (8-0) increased its lead in the AP poll with a 69-7 win over Oklahoma--the worst defeat in Sooners' history. The Huskers are heavy favorites to win the Big 12 and play in the Orange Bowl--the bowl alliance's top game...
Then it all came unraveled as Dartmouth exploded for three goals in the second half to hand the Crimson (6-5-9, 2-2-2) its second and most critical Ivy loss of the year. The defeat takes Harvard out of contention for first place...
...shorthand for a kind of collaboration forbidden under the law: a party and its candidates are not allowed to direct outside groups to take action on their behalf--and that includes making ads. In addition, any ads paid for by these groups cannot explicitly advocate the election or defeat of a candidate, even if they praise or trash the candidate in other ways. As long as organizations obey these technicalities, they don't have to disclose their activities publicly and can spend an unlimited amount of money on campaigns...
Northeastern took a commanding 3-0 halftime lead and never allowed Harvard back in the game. The loss--Harvard's fifth blanking of the year--was the Crimson's second straight defeat and ensured a sub-.500 season...
...bureaucratic rules that might put a drag on classroom performance. It so happens that charter schools are also acceptable to teachers unions, important Democratic allies that oppose vouchers in part because the private schools they foster generally pay lower salaries than public systems. Democrats hope they can defeat any drift toward vouchers among blacks if they can just make plain the implications. A recent poll conducted by Gallup for Phi Delta Kappa, an international education fraternity, found that most citizens oppose vouchers when the issue is framed as a matter of tax dollars subsidizing private-school tuitions. That finding...