Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard women's lacrosse team yesterday suffered its worst defeat in six years, succumbing to a quicker and more talented Loyola squad, 15-6, in the season opener for both squads...
...budgetary relief that may result from denying tens of thousands of Americans access to the best-institutions of higher education will be a far out-weighed by the mockery the cuts would make of some of the nation's crowning principles. Hopefully the defeat of the proposal by the Senate committee last week will stand up when the full Senate considers the matter. If the proposal is reinstated, hard work will not be rewarded commensurately and the notion of equality of opportunity will be dealt a serious blow. When Bonker concludes that "the financial and party is over...
...American-style bill of rights to guarantee basic liberties or the citizen's right to know. As a result, many Britons increasingly have come to fear that a government could use the Official Secrets Act to hide abuses of power. Last month the Thatcher government suffered an embarrassing defeat when Clive Ponting, 38, a former assistant secretary at the Ministry of Defense, was acquitted of violating the Official Secrets Act by a jury that had been virtually instructed by the trial judge to deliver a guilty verdict. Ponting was charged with giving a Labor Party Member of Parliament classified documents...
...disappointed for them," Webster said after the pair finished their careers in defeat. "They had pretty brilliant careers...
Quincy's coach, Phil Prince '86, noted that his team's resolve to beat Winthrop stemmed from a defeat in last year's tournament. "Winthrop got our goat last year and we weren't going to let it happen again." Prince said...