Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suspense, she writes of the time, without using the benefit of hindsight. ("I went back and cut all references but one of the Battle of the Marne, in the chapters leading up to the battle. Though it may seem absurd, I even cut out all references to the ultimate defeat of Germany. I wrote as if I did not know who would win.") An advocate of "corraborative detail," she uncovers and utilizes insignificant facts to crystallize the details of a scene and make the reader feel a part of it. ("When I was investigating General Mercier, the Minister...
...steps into the ring tonight he'll get a rude awakening. It is not enough for a man to simply believe he can win; he has to have some of the tools necessary to defeat his oppenent, and Ali has nothing. He learned that last year against Holmes, and he'll learn it again tonight...
...Harvard women's hockey team brought a three-game winning streak to Northeastern's Boston Arena last night, but it left Huntington Avenue with its second loss of the season, a 5-1 defeat at the hands of the superior, more experienced Huskies...
...bill applies only to Cambridge, which is fitting. Though voters across the state approved the bill by better than a two-to-one margin, Cambridge citizens had the foresight to buck the trend and defeat the legislation by about the same margin. All the special legislation now before the state would do is give Cambridge voters what they have already asked rora fiscally sound, well-managed and efficient city, with well-plowed streets...
...sacrosanct of British workers' institutions: the tea break. The unions had earlier agreed to reduce daily tea and rest breaks from 51 minutes to 40 minutes in exchange for a cutback in the work week from 40 hours to 39 hours. But 2,200 workers, angry over their defeat on wages, decided to walk out. The strike halted production of 1,200 cars...