Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Indeed, last week's 45-7 thrashing of Columbia has set high expectations for Harvard. When the opposing team's coach sighs after the defeat that "the best thing is that nobody died," who can blame the Harvard faithful for licking their chops in anticipation of the rest of the season...
...admits that her call for "equal representation" will propel her stated legislative goals-which include the protection of transgendered students under Harvard's non-discrimination policy, as well as the defeat of motions both to make John Harvard the school's official mascot and to wish all students at Harvard a Merry Christmas. From her commentary, Rawlins' message seems clear: "If you're not a white man, The U.C. wants you (as long as you agree with everything that I say)!" --Alex Herzlinger...
Thankfully for the Harvard players, the next challenge of the day was merely exhibition. Taking on the Canadian East team, the Crimson could manage only one goal in a 24-1 defeat. Although the loss was statistically colossal, the Crimson was facing a Canadian squad which included five members of the Canadian national team...
...narrow win is the third 1-0 result against unimpressive opposition recorded by Harvard this season. The Crimson (4-1, 1-0 Ivy League) previously struggled to defeat Boston University and Columbia by the same margin...
...believe the majority of Americans think the UPS strike settlement is a victory for the American worker and a defeat for corporate greed [BUSINESS, Sept. 1]. As a small-business owner, I can assure you the winner is not the American worker. The stockholders of UPS will make sure that the company's return on investment is not hurt and will do so by raising prices and reducing costs. The losers will be all of us, since we will pay more for the freight on practically everything we buy. The losers are also those UPS workers who will be laid...