Word: defeats
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...Black and White heavyweight crew that placed third in the East at last week's Sprints will be looking to take first on the National's 1000-meter course--the Eastern Sprints are 1500--and setting a score with Wisconsin and Dartmouth, the only squads to defeat the oars women this season...
Hart's analysis was closer to the mark than Mondale's. Still, the results were less a victory for the challenger than a defeat for the front runner. The former Vice President remains the odds-on favorite to win the nomination. But party chiefs fear that by the time he raises his arms in victory at the convention in San Francisco, he will have taken so many blows from his opponents he will be punch-drunk. Says Iowa Democratic Committee Chairman David Nagle: "If Hart sweeps the rest, Mondale's going to be a badly wounded duck...
Mondale hopes to buffer defeat in California with victories that same day in heavily Hispanic New Mexico (23 delegates) and pro-labor West Virginia (35 delegates). The big question on the last Super Tuesday of primary season is New Jersey (107 delegates). The state's large labor, elderly and ethnic populations mirror those of New York and Pennsylvania, where Mondale won big, but unemployment is fairly low (6.8%), and voters have a reputation for backing underdogs in presidential primaries...
After a big triumph over New England rival New Hampshire, the Crimson suffered an embarrassing loss, 13-5, at lowly Yale and with the defeat, effectively undermined its chances at the top ranking in the region...
...lost just three games in the last five years on Soldiers Field, but two of those losses were at the hands of UMass. The Crimson hasn't played in a week, but is on a twelve-game win streak. UMass rebounded from a 4-2 halftime deficit to defeat Yale in the opening round Wednesday...