Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alienation. Such pessimism is a natural reaction to a pretty gloomy future says Travers, pointing to the economic situation and nuclear arms race. Although no panacea exists, there are small changes to be won. For this folk singer, such a victory could be won in November with Reagan's defeat. No, she says everything will not change. And, no, Mondale does not have all the answers. There is, however, a choice here...
Andrea Hart, speaking for her father's comparing repeated the argument heard carlier that Hart offers the best chance for defeat of President Ronald Reagan in November. "He's the one with the best chance to defeat Ronald Reagan. It's been shown down the line." The candidate's daughter said...
...Mondale a list of black and Hispanic women who, he said, should be considered as potential Vice Presidents. More substantive, Jackson pledged that "together we will prevail in November" and even conceded that runoff primaries do not invariably discriminate against black office seekers. That indicated that Jackson might accept defeat gracefully on his minority planks and concentrate his incandescent oratory at the convention, and during the campaign, against Reagan...
...move to clean the P.L.O. out of southern Lebanon, but opinion shifted when Israeli forces pushed north to encircle Beirut. The war also fell short of achieving its larger goals. Lebanon's Christians failed to win control over the country, as Israel had hoped. After suffering a stinging military defeat, Syria has emerged stronger than ever...
...drubbing was casually accepted by Norman, 29, a hatchet-faced Australian able to hit the ball prodigious distances in unpredictable directions. "I needed something special. It never happened," he said after the playoff. "I feel disappointed and hollow." While it is the nature of contests that today's defeat can make yesterday's victory seem meaningless, neither a 160-yd., 6-iron shot into the 18th grandstand nor a 40-ft. putt into the 72nd hole will ever leave Norman completely...