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Word: defeatism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ironically, McClelland said, Harvard lost this year's tournament to MIT the same way they came from behind to defeat Princeton last year and become national champions at the college level...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chess Club Places Second | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...begin Issue 2 admitting defeat. I lose. I'm a cultural illiterate. I live in a shack and spit sunflower seeds on the floor of Sever. I'd rather read another coffee-table picture-biography of Michael Jordan than another page of Glamorama than the seven I read the other night while on hold in the magazine office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cultural Ignorance | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

...fight them tooth and nail. We'll fight them every day [to defeat this bill]," said Brian Jones, an anti-death penalty activist...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Rallyers Protest Death Penalty | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

...sense is that in Somerville...it's not enough to defeat your enemy," says David Nyhan '62, a longtime city resident. "You have to pull his gizzard out and eat his spleen...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Somerville Mayoral Candidates Play to Win | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

...pounds, Picarsic's reversal move during sudden death handed his opponent a 3-1 defeat and capped off his successful weekend. DeNunzio had no problem handling his opponent at 141-pounds and easily cruised...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Wins Pair, Slips vs. No. 17 Cornell | 2/16/1999 | See Source »

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