Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CHANGE FOR THE BETTER doesn't come quickly: It look the Allies five long years to defeat the Nazis. Senator Joe McCarthy lasted almost as long before getting the boot. Vietnam dragged on--and on--for a decade. And the Watergate crowd clung gamely to the reins of control until they were ousted three years after the investigation of their activities began. But in some places, the concept of even grudging positive change doesn't seem to exist...
...Crimson proved in defeat that they are virtually on Dartmouth's level. Also, the harriers' style of running in a pack should be helpful in the Heps. Says Rippy, "We showed that our teams are about equal and the Heps will be a roll of the dice...
...when Harvard opened the season with a 7-0 defeat to Northwestern and lost two of its next three games, people started expecting the worst...
...inferiority complex is concerned, I think that Mr. Knobler does not really understand the Dartmouth spirit, a misunderstanding for which I give him no fault, for one must be a Dartmouth student to appreciate this. We like to win, but as one of our songs says. "Whether in defeat or victory, we are loyal just the same." Loyalty and love for Dartmouth are really important to us. You see, many people attend universities for four years; we are part of Dartmouth for our whole life, and happily...
Harvard suffered its first Ivy loss of the year at the hands of the Green in 1980. '81 and '82. Last year's defeat was probably the most excruciating for the Crimson. Greeted with the most hostile New Hampshire weather imaginable, Harvard struggled to stay close with its third-string quarterback (the others were hurt), was burned on a 68-yard bomb for a TD (the longest pass in the 86-game history of the series) and finally lost, 14-12, when a two-point conversion attempt after a Crimson touchdown failed with three minutes left...