Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...team got beat Badly. And, in addition to the 7-2 score, their defeat was publicized-the KSG students, who publish their own squash newsletter, wrote an article about their victory. But it didn't stop there...
...have lost the cola wars for good. One line of reasoning is that Coke is simply too big to topple. Coke, for instance, has added 8 billion cases of sales in 10 years, according to CEO Douglas Ivester. Others say that Enrico's deliberate strategy is tantamount to declaring defeat. Says Tom Pirko, president of consulting firm Bevmark: "Pepsi has put its tail between its legs and withdrawn...
...www.lycos.com at which Lycos may be thanked for right thinking. What's a Web crawler to believe? Well, for one thing, that Japanese car, motorcycle and snowmobile manufacturers--the power here is quite real, not virtual--are trying, through Blue Ribbon magazine and its parent, Blue Ribbon Coalition, to defeat U.S. environmental policy...
...measures to combat global warming, but contend that a political donnybrook led by the Vice President, even in a losing cause, would raise awareness. Not so, says Gore. "We lost the fight in 1993," he observes, referring to the far-reaching "BTU tax" on fuels that went down to defeat. "We're not yet winning the fight for the proposals we have now. Losing on impractical proposals that are completely out of tune with what is achievable does not necessarily advance your cause at all," and could set it back by convincing politicians that the issue is too risky...
...EWOKS Episode VI --Tree-dwelling inhabitants of the forest moon of Endor; aid in the final defeat of the Empire...