Word: defeatism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
After its big win at Princeton, the Crimson went on to Ithaca, NY to take on the Big Red. Hoping to avoid a let-down against the weaker Cornell team, Harvard took care of business, handing the Big Red a resounding 7-2 defeat...
Wang dominated her opening match against Cornell's Michelle Degen, 6-2, 6-0, to get the Crimson started. She, Jain, Ghazal, and sophomore Sinead Walsh continued the onslaught as each posted straight-set victories in the singles matches. After suffering only one singles defeat--a tight three-setter for Kim--the Crimson entered the doubles round with a commanding 5-1 lead...
...Cornell's team of Rebecca Cannom and Kelly Molly to pull out an 8-6 victory. The duo of Walsh and Kristen Flink also had their hands full, winning its doubles match 9-7. Cornell finally broke through when its team of Degen and Jodie Hurley managed to defeat the Crimson pair of Kim and Ghazal...
...wildest dreams of Richard Nixon. Simultaneously, the president is asserting that executive privilege prohibits his wife and assistants from testifying--about matters unrelated to the president's official duties, and which cannot be construed as touching upon national defense. If upheld, this too would be a mind-boggling defeat for the public interest...
...their government that was more concerned about Washington. ?Ever since last year?s fast-track vote, the White House has been energetically trying to alter the Latin American perception that the United States has become a weak partner in the region,? says TIME correspondent Douglas Waller. Clinton?s defeat on fast-track left him without the authority to expedite Chile?s admission into NAFTA...