Word: defeatism
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...stakes will not be quite that high. Harvard (12-13, 4-8 Ivy) will instead be playing to finish above .500 for the first time since the 2001-2002 team finished 14-12. To finish above par, the Crimson needs to halt a seven-game losing streak and defeat Cornell on Friday and Columbia on Saturday. Both games will be played at Lavietes Pavilion. “We look to go into this weekend and send out a message that they can forget the last seven,” said junior center Brian Cusworth. “That?...
...notes for a $10 tab at the Grille went to the first and second runners-up and a $20 Finale gift certificate went to the champion. Though the stakes were high, the victims of the seven-column-by-six-row vertical playing field remained composed in the face of defeat. “I’m not a very good game player—so I pretty much expected to lose going in,” said E.E. Keenan ’06, one of the contestants who failed to advance past the preliminary round...
...Each time a loser tries but completely fails to look gracious in defeat...
...Ashes five months ago, Australia under Ponting have trampled everyone in their path. He has played numerous sublime captain's knocks, and clearly has the respect, loyalty and affection of his players. But on another level, Australian cricket has suffered under a leader whose goals seem too narrow. Defeat in England stung him; the response hasn't always been edifying...
...less satisfying. Yet they managed to confine their celebrations to removing their cap and acknowledging, with a raising of their bat, the applause of the crowd. Today's leaping, fist-pumping performances - unleashed no matter what the state of play - are merely self-indulgent. When they follow upon the defeat of an opponent, they smack of triumphalism. The century-maker directs his attention first and foremost at his teammates. During this exchange of joy and gratitude, there might as well be no one else at the ground...