Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Finally, the bad guys think of a way to defeat Rex. Since good guys can't be defeated, the bad guys hire a good guy to defeat Rex. Tension. Which guy is the most good? Rex begins to question his goodness because of his sexuality (or lack thereof). Rex realizes that he has never had a girl, and wonders if he's gay. Meanwhile, the audience wonders why this movie was made...
With the loss to Dartmouth (2-9 entering the games. Harvard continued its confusing pattern of defeat--light losses to nationally ranked teams and lopsided defeats by sub-500 opponents...
...least Harvard wasn't predictable in defeat. After a five game losing streak midway through the season due to poor first periods, the laxmen played their second consecutive strone opening on Saturday, only to be blown out in the second period for the second straight week...
Recently, the laxmen have seemed unable to duplicate the strong second halves they played earlier in the season. Dartmouth outscored the excomeback kids 4-2 in the second half to send the Crimson to its eighth defeat in the last nine games...
...speeches, on which he personally labored for many hours, could make up for the fact that Reagan had run into one of the major storms of his political life. And it came at a particularly bad time. Shortly before leaving for Europe the President had suffered a significant congressional defeat in his campaign to provide aid for the Nicaraguan contras, and his popularity rating dipped noticeably in the last job-performance polls. With his big legislative battles over the budget and tax reform still in front of him, Reagan had doubtless hoped that an interlude of high-visibility statecraft...