Word: defeats
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After leading a bloodless coup in 1970, Hafez Assad took over and appeared to be a relative moderate. He signed a disengagement agreement with Israel over the Golan Heights in 1974. He sent his army into Lebanon in 1976 to save the Maronite Christians from defeat by the Palestine Liberation Organization and a coalition of leftist Muslim forces. He told TIME Correspondent Wilton Wynn in 1977 that he was ready to make peace with the Israelis if they would withdraw from the territory they had captured in the 1967 war. But in the past three years, as he has fought...
...decision on the ground that the company had not proved that the magazine was guilty of malice. The appeals court ignored the issue of whether the statements in question were presented as fact or opinion. Since the principal service provided by Consumer Reports is comparison of various products, a defeat for the magazine in this case might lead to lawsuits from other manufacturers, which could paralyze, if not bankrupt, the publication...
...four-team match at the IAB saw the Crimson rebound from that stunning loss to defeat the University of New Hampshire, with a loss to William & Mary sandwiched in between...
However, injured sophomore Kevin Wattles (heavyweight) proved unable to put the finishing touches on two cradle holds, each time allowing his opponent to escape and then go on the offensive. Wattles suffered a four-point defeat and Worcester was back in the match...
...other battles of the day, WPI staged another remarkable comeback to defeat UNH, 21-20, before finally losing, 22-29, to the William & Mary squad that dominated the meet with a 3-0 record...