Word: defeats
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...first at home this season after three losses and a tie, ups Harvard's Ivy record to 4-1-1 (5-3-1 overall), good for a second-place tie with Princeton, enough to keep its slim title hopes alive. For Harvard to win the Ivies, it must defeat Yale next Saturday in the Yale Bowl and then pray for Penn to upset Dartmouth in Philadelphia. A Harvard win is a definite possibility, but after Penn's performance Saturday, it's probably not a good idea to bet your Harvard shot glass that the Quakers will even cover the spread...
...University worked around the clock; both sides were completely open--often scathing--in their criticisms of each other. When the workers went to the polls, Harvard prevailed again, 390-328--a significantly lighter turnout than in 1977. "The low turnout hurt us," Rondeau said the night of the defeat. "I think many people expected us to win so easily that they didn't bother to vote...
...seized 17,640 square miles of territory and evicted 12% of Finland's population. Following Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, Finland sided with Nazi Germany against Moscow and was forced to pay more than $300 million in reparations to the Soviets after a second crushing defeat...
Congressional Democrats are not ready to help Reagan by accepting his new budget cuts or tax increases. House Democrat Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, is thirsting for revenge after the humiliating defeat he suffered last summer when the Reagan machine rolled over the Democratic tax-cut program and passed its own. Rostenkowski has already warned the Administration that his committee will not take up new "consumer taxes" this session. Speaker of the House Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill Jr. of Massachusetts last week endorsed the tough stand, saying that Democrats would...
...Harvard ultimate frisbee team--minus three starters--was eliminated from the Eastern regional tournament Saturday after losing its first two matches. In freezing and windy November weather, the disc flingers lost a close match to Central Connecticut, 13-11, and suffered a humiliating 13-2 defeat to UMass in the second game of the tournament, which took place in Amherst...