Word: defeatism
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Harvard trailed 38-25 at halftime, but after an Emily Tay jumper, the Terrapins went on a 13-0 run to push their lead to 24. And though its deficit climbed to as much as 26, the Crimson refused to accept defeat, periodically sparking small runs throughout the second half...
...According to the Internet Movie Database, Washington is currently working on a film titled “The Great Debaters,” based on the story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College in Texas during the 1930s who trained a team of students that would defeat Harvard in the national debate championship. —Staff writer Kevin Zhou can be reached at kzhou@fas.harvard.edu...
...nationally, to open the match, but were soon broken back in an 8-5 loss. It was a similar story for No. 2 pairing junior Kieran Burke and Nguyen, which fell, 8-6. Despite his singles loss, Denenberg partnered with freshman Michael Hayes in No. 3 doubles to defeat UVA, 8-6. Harvard travels to California over spring break to play Pacific, Stanford, Fresno State, and Santa Clara. When it returns, it will transition to outdoor play against Boston University on April...
...died on the Bears’ next goal—a score by an undefended Ally Wyatt off a cross-pool pass. A final shot by MacLaughlin hit the pipe as the buzzer sounded and the first game of the teams’ two-game season series ended in defeat. “Well, it was three good quarters and one lousy one,” Harvard coach Erik Farrar said. “You can’t get outscored 5-0 in a one-score game and expect good things to happen.” Delgado totaled...
...challenged the conservative movement's custodianship of America's place in the world, as well as its claim to competence. Reagan restored a sense of America's mission as the "city on a hill" that would be a light to the world and helped bring about the defeat of what he very undiplomatically christened "the evil empire." After 9/11 Bush found his own evil empire, in fact a whole axis of evil. But he hasn't produced Reagan's results: North Korea is nuclear, Iran swaggers across the world stage, Iraq is a morass. "Conservatives are divided on the Iraq...