Word: defeatism
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...most of a bad situation. Without their efforts, the day would have been truly wretched. Instead, it was merely a disappointing substitute for what has traditionally been one of the most exciting events of the College’s social calendar. Perhaps it was a fitting atmosphere for the defeat Harvard was soon to be dealt from a side that just knew how to play better: last year at their tailgate and this year on the field...
...beating Australia last year will sustain them for the rest of their lives and that it would be greedy to hope to do it twice, "then it could be ugly for them." From the other side of the world, Colin Croft expects to see a thrashing. Galvanized by defeat, he says, "Australia are going to beat the English 4-nil, I figure. England are not even going to go close to winning a Test match...
...idea that defeat in England didn't say anything too troubling about the strength of Australian cricket is being propagated by virtually everyone associated with the home squad, from Ponting down. In post-mortems, the skipper has avoided the conclusion that England might now have better players than Australia does. Instead, he's argued that Australia simply had a poor series in which their discipline lapsed and their attitude was never quite right ?fixable problems caused by a lack of concentration in practice. As for this series, "While our personnel might be similar," Ponting writes in his just-released Captain...
...Laden is among the deadliest enemies that America has faced since Nazi Germany," he said. "We have to defeat the extremism of Bin Laden. It’s bloody. It’s merciless...
...while the initial shock of the defeat was stunning—a chant of “Howl! Howl! Howl!” was heard on Longfellow Bridge—a little time has provided us with much needed perspective in facing the consequences of our loss...