Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SALEM, Mass-Former President Jimmy Carter, speaking the day after his Vice President suffered a massive political defeat, said Walter F. Mondale would have fared better against President Reagan if he had not promised to raise taxes, but added that no Democrat could have won this year...
Piro, who faced a mistrial last month on extortion and conspiracy charges, denied he is headed for defeat in his attempt to move up from the House to the Senate. "I'm not beaten yet and this election is not over," an angry Piro said last night...
...This is a Reagan victory; that was a Carter defeat," said Professor of Government Richard E. Neustadt...
Helms is now in line to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, since Sen. Charles H. Percy (R-III.) appeared headed for defeat...
...arrogant. Its best quality is its dogged pursuit of corruption and injustice, even among liberal favorites: Winship says his most painful decision was to publish a probe of the personal finances of Edward Brooke-the only black elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction-which resulted in his electoral defeat. The seven-member Washington bureau and five foreign correspondents provide depth rather than routine wire-service-style stories, and the sports pages are perhaps the nation's best...