Word: defeats
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...ever a loss showed that a team is headed in the right direction, it was yesterday's two-goal defeat at the hands of the Huskies...
...Would corporate withdrawal, assuming it somehow occurred, contribute more to the defeat of apartheid than efforts by American companies to improve wages, employment opportunities, and social conditions of nonwhite workers? At bottom, this questions raises the difficult issue of how major social change can come about in a country like South Africa. Those who support corporate activity in South Africa argue that economic development will eventually undermine apartheid as the needs of the economy force the Nationalist regime to give more education, economic opportunity, and ultimately power to nonwhites. Proponents of divestiture believe that real change will never occur...
...four of the preceding questions affirmatively. In reality, it is far from clear that one can give a positive answer to any of these questions. The likelihood that all four can be answered affirmatively is vanishingly small. Hence, I find no basis for concluding that universities will help defeat apartheid in South Africa by agreeing to divest. As a matter of principle, therefore, I see no reason for departing from the basic norms that define the role of the University in any society. Even apart form the special constraints on universities, I do not believe that we can know enough...
Syracuse needed three sets to defeat Princeton in the 'C' doubles division...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Heavily favored John McEnroe rebounded from a rocky start yesterday to defeat John Fitzgerald 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 as the United States continued its domination of Australia in the Davis Cup semifinals...