Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...singles matches. Harvard's top-seeded Elizabeth Evans snagged a second-set tie-breaker to defeat the Indians' Cherie Dow, 6-2, 7-6, in straight sets. And, in another second-set squeaker. Harvard freshman Roberts Hing held off a strong rally to down Chrissie Wells...
...loss to Maine was the same style with which they had been losing." Altman said And after the 15-12, 7-15, 15-7 defeat. Altman feared that "the same frame of mind that said. Oh God, we're going to lose again would continue. Everything could have snowballed again, especially since Maine was one of the tournament's weaker teams...
Analysts also blamed the defeat on the public posturing of Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca, 57, who has been working vigorously to convince car buyers and investors that the company is again sound. At Chrysler's new-car introduction in Houston last month, for example, Iacocca boasted that the firm had accumulated a $1 billion hoard of cash and securities. Said he: "That's the most cash we've had on hand in the history of the company." Said David Healy, of Drexel Burnham Lambert: "The popular opinion is that Iacocca's blabbing about the billion dollars...
...Those two matches were the key to the victory," Crimson Coach Don Usher said last night from New Haven, where the events was held to cut the traveling time of both teams. "Everyone played well, but those two victories proved to be the difference between victory and defeat...
Overcomig a temper, that unsettled her throughout the first set. Evans used a powerful serve and crisp passing shots to defeat her nationally ranked opponent. The Crimson's top player also took control of the net en route to her come-from-behind...