Word: defeatism
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...under a little bit more of a microscope these days. The penalty for showing your emotions sometimes can be bigger. But that's not good for the sport. The sport is built on personality, and fans love to see the jubilation of victory, and the frustration of defeat. They want to see people's true personality coming. That's one thing we've struggled with over the years...
Harvard men’s squash realized last night that bringing down an empire is no easy task. Pitted against the No. 1 Trinity Bantams (15-0) the No. 3 Crimson (4-1, 3-0 Ivy) suffered a 9-0 defeat in Hartford, Conn...
...Aswany belongs to a young generation of Arab writers more concerned with domestic liberties than with fighting Egypt's old battles against colonialism or nursing the wounds of a humiliating defeat by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967. A longtime political columnist for the opposition newspaper Al-Arabi, he joined the nonviolent Kifaya! (Enough!) movement in 2004. He has been harassed by security police, and Islamic radicals have publicly denounced him. But despite the outward pessimism in Yacoubian and Chicago, Al Aswany strives to be optimistic about his country's future. He believes some progress has been made...
...stump, McCain delivered a set-piece speech that wove his promise to defeat "the transcendent challenge of our time - radical Islamic extremism," with chestnuts aimed at proving he would be an able and conservative steward of the economy. At one stop he led with a promise to "make President Bush's tax cuts permanent," an odd choice given that McCain famously infuriated conservatives by voting against Bush's tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. In his presidential campaign, McCain has said he supports making the cuts permanent because allowing them to sunset would have the effect of raising taxes, which...
...younger guys, and we were able to come out with a big team effort tonight.”BOUNCING BACK FROM BROWNThe Crimson entered last night’s game after a disappointing 4-2 loss to bottom-of-the-barrel Brown on Feb. 1. Harvard’s defeat came on the heels of a nine-game winless streak that had only recently ended with a Crimson victory against Dartmouth on Jan. 27.Although Harvard seemed to be a strong contender to win the ECACHL title at the beginning of the year, winning four in a row and besting long...