Word: defeats
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Down by a goal with less than a minute to play would have meant almost certain defeat for last year's men's ice hockey team. The opposition would get the empty net goal or the opposing goalie would some-how make the critical save, presuming the Crimson mounted any last minute pressure...
...There was a military mindset at work," McGuinness said. "[They thought that] the way to defeat resistance in Ireland was with force...that they tried to do and in that they failed...
This year's women's soccer team has all the characteristics of Harvard's winning teams of the past. What makes its defeat of UMass even more impressive is the fact that they did it without one of their best players, All-American Emily Stauffer, who is taking a year off. The Crimson struggled at the beginning of the season with a couple of blowout losses to good teams and even lost an overtime heartbreaker to Yale, a team that always seems to give the Crimson trouble...
President Clinton suffers a humiliating defeat at the hands of his own party. More
...Surprise statesman of the day was Gingrich, who a rueful Mike McCurry thanked for "working tirelessly" on GOP support. Upon pulling the bill, Newt then proceeded to do his imitation of Dole on Bosnia, suggesting a defeat "would have sent a very very wrong signal" to the world, especially with U.S.-Iraq tensions running high. Could this possibly portend Gingrich vs. Gephardt...