Word: defeatism
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...three of those losses—2-1 overtime setbacks against Northeastern and Dartmouth and the Crimson’s 3-1 defeat in the ECAC title game—Johnson didn’t register a point. In the nine wins, he?...
...This is exactly the kind of issue that's going on in America, that attacks against the conservative moment, against me and against many others. The point is, the other side has figured out how to win and to defeat the conservative movement, and that is to go after people personally, charge them with frivolous charges, link up with all these do-gooder organizations funded by George Soros, and then get the national media on their side. That whole syndicate that they have going on right now is for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to destroy...
Added on top of that pressure of possibly wearing the Harvard sweater for the last time was the memory of a double overtime defeat in the NCAA tournament just two years ago. In the championship game of 2003, the Crimson fell in the second extra frame to Duluth by a score...
What sets this apart from the typical vote of confidence is that there is little price to pay for a non-binding statement. In most legislative assemblies, votes that bring down the government are typically those that defeat budgets or other bills essential to the functioning of society, since there is true meaning, and risk, in halting the operation of government. In this case, the Faculty—with no formal authority over Summers’ job security—had no other option but to fire off a loud cannon shot, in one direction or the other (it?...
...bounced back after losing the first set 6-4 to take the second set, 6-2, but was unable to claim the third, losing 6-1. In the final match, Lingman took the first set from Alabama’s Ashley Bentley 6-2, but was unable to avert defeat for the Crimson, dropping the next...