Word: defeats
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When Mondale is defeated in November, one thing should be made clear. His defeat will occur not because he chose a woman running mate, but in spite of his putting a woman on the ticket...
...charm, was too limited an athlete to achieve. Retton sealed her claim to it in the most dramatic duel in the history of the sport, winning by performing a perfect 10 in her final event, the vault-not once but twice. A lesser score would have meant defeat, or at best a tie. But while the nation held its breath, she flew off the vault and into gymnastics history...
...assume their roles," explained Robert Blum, a New York lawyer who fenced on two Olympic teams. "As with all sports, fencing is a mode of communication. The fencers are telling us something about themselves." As Mathias Gey of West Germany was eliminated, he sank to his knees, crouched in defeat, while above him Stefano Cerioni of Italy leaped, fist in air, bellowing in triumph...
When the Labor Party was soundly thrashed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives in last year's elections, many political analysts attributed that defeat in part to Labor's commitment to nuclear disarmament, which would dramatically change Britain's role in NATO. Last week the party, led by Neil Kinnock, issued a 52-page defense manifesto that eliminated any remaining doubts about its program. The document recommended a policy that would remove all U.S. bases from the country, scrap the British atomic arsenal and work to make Europe a nuclear-free zone. Declared the party...
Legislators hoped the equal-access vote would end the politicking over school prayer. But the next day, House Democrats had to rally to defeat a surprise Republican amendment to cut off federal funds to schools that bar spoken prayer "by individuals on a voluntary basis." The House then overwhelmingly approved another amendment stating that students should not be denied "the opportunity to participate in moments of silent prayer...