Word: defeatism
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...year ago against Columbia, Schires threw an interception in the final three minutes which allowed the Lions to score the game-winning touchdown. After the pick, the defense appeared listless, resigned to an impending defeat...
...defeat wasn’t inevitable, as it would have been a year ago. It should have been no surprise that cornerback Danny Tanner broke up quarterback Dan Shula’s two-point conversion try. Nor would it have been a shock to watch the Big Green push an extra-point effort wide under the same circumstances...
...Harvard women’s soccer team (7-6-2, 3-3 Ivy) suffered its worst defeat of the season on Sunday, dropping a 3-0 decision to Dartmouth (7-6-3, 2-3-1) in its final action before next Saturday’s season finale at home against Columbia...
...soldiers in Najaf fought for hours on end to retrieve an exploded, deadlined HUMVEE, just so that pictures wouldn’t be used later on of joyful insurgents dancing on top of it, even after they had just suffered a brutal defeat. American lives were risked to prevent American and global media from spinning a victory into humiliating defeat.” Hard-hitting stories like this are what storyteller blogs are truly good at—they showcase the real power of egalitarian media. By allowing anyone to be a journalist, blogs like Missick?...
That ignominious streak and a recent losing slide were reversed with a convincing 3-1 defeat of the Terriers on Jack Berry Field at MIT. Losers of four out of its last six games, Harvard rebounded from a week that included an overtime loss to Boston College and a heartbreaking defeat to Princeton, its Ivy co-leader...