Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...live a justifiable life however you please. But once you know, then there's a choice that must be made, and on one side of that choice lies some kind of personal salvation. Beyond that, one never knows. That hope is irrational is its great power; it can survive defeat and discouragement, and people the next try. But hope doesn't change things. It just allows us to think they might be changed. William E. McKibben President...
...victorious team, is a necessity, and that the only way to do this is for the whole undergraduate body, yes, and for all the graduates too, to show with all their strength that they are to a man behind the eleven." As in so many cases, Roosevelt thought defeat could ultimately be traced to a lack of proper spirit, and he recommended drastic action, calling for a "reorganization" of the University band. "Still more important is the cheering. Not only was the leading, but also the response, poor on Saturday, Let us have one competent leader with a few good...
...plaudits and honor go to Yale," he wrote. "Surely a team that played as well and as pluckily as did the Harvard eleven on Saturday deserves and gets credit almost as high as if the result of the game had been different...The University wanted victory but even in defeat we all admire the good fight put up by Captain Marshall and every man on the team, and we thank them for their work...
...Anderson stayed healthy behind the team's first good offensive line in years. Said Ken: "I've gone from the doghouse to the penthouse in just one season." Characteristically, he never said a word about the constant booing and has remained as unflappable in triumph as in defeat. Last week, when Anderson was named the N.F.L.'s Most Valuable Player, Bill Walsh said, "I have felt all along that Ken was the greatest forward passer in the N.F.L. in recent years. Our Joe Montana is a worthy runnerup, but Ken is the M.V.P." Replied Anderson: "Awww, that...
...touchdown pass, again from Anderson to Ross, cut the margin to 26-21 with just 16 seconds left, but Clark sealed the Bengals' defeat by recovering an attempted onside kick...