Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...group of athletes. It's waking up at 7 a.m. for practice, it's making that final sprint down the field in the last seconds of the game, it's fighting to the very end no matter what the outcome. It's what brings you together during times of defeat and what puts it all together in order to be victorious. It's doing everything you can to the best of your ability, not for yourself, but because you want to do it for your teammates...
Undoubtely the defeat of Ivers, Yale's best swimmer who had narrowly beaten now-sophomore Nancy Jo in two events at last year's contest, pushed the momentum of the meet in favor of Harvard. Jo outswam her in both the 100 and 200 freestyles, winning the events by a total of less than three tenths of a second...
...officials had one reason to be optimistic. That same day, in a defeat for the ruling party, longtime South Korean dissident Kim Dae Jung was elected President. Rubin and his guests stayed in contact with the White House through the dinner to coordinate the exact wording of President Clinton's congratulatory phone call that night to newly elected President Kim. Clinton told Kim that he had a brief window of opportunity with no room for false steps. Just to be sure, one participant in the dinner, Treasury official David Lipton, was dispatched to Seoul two days later to measure...
...addition to Basil's poise, two big reasons that Harvard was able to defeat Dartmouth were the outstanding play of co-captain Allison Feaster and the hot shooting of junior Suzie Miller. Feaster has been a dominant force for the Crimson all season long, taking control of games seemingly at will...
...great runner, one of the best. As you assess the new track, you don't see a possible defeat but instead another victory. Many of you have trained for this race your whole lives with personalized coaching and custom gear. Others have just stumbled across this place on your way to some other place. All of you are ready...