Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Eduardo Fourniel, the Chilean goalie, sparkled in the net, tallying 11 saves and warded off defeat numerous times...
...Hart paid obeisance to Mondale without explicitly abandoning his forlorn quest for the nomination. He praised his opponent's "unsurpassed grit, perseverance and determination." He told the loudly applauding delegates that whatever their nomination choice, he would "devote every waking hour and every ounce of energy to the defeat of Ronald Reagan." And he added a nice line: "This is one Hart you will not leave in San Francisco...
...party. He criticized "the policies of the comfortable past that do not answer the challenges of tomorrow." His followers gave Hart a warm ovation, and some wept in the realization that his candidacy was over. Others in the hall felt he had been less than gracious in defeat...
...Ferraro is the phoenix who was snatched from the ashes of the 1982 defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment. Leaders of women's groups and women elected officials began meeting that summer to plan strategies to beat Ronald Reagan. Says Eleanor Smeal, former president of the National Organization for Women: "Once we had proved the existence of the gender gap, we had to figure...
...year war on the environment." For the first time in its 14-year history, the League of Conservation Voters, a political-action committee with representatives from major environmental groups, will spend money on a presidential campaign; it has lined up $200,000 worth of radio commercials to defeat Reagan...