Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This defeat comes on the heels of two dismal performances for the Crimson. The physical talent is clearly present, thus the mental toughness and focus of the players was quickly coming into question...
...free stays at the Ritz Hotel in exchange for political favors. Only afterward did the government officially turn down the brothers' citizenship request, without explanation--a decision al Fayed is appealing. The scandal, meanwhile, brought down two M.P.s and fueled a public outcry that contributed to the Conservatives' defeat in last spring's general election. Al Fayed seized the high ground, declaring he was "sick and tired of the hypocrisy that goes on at the highest level of government." But he failed to see that his revelations had brought to light his own culpability as a briber and that...
...thought that if [Stanford] brought 100 percent of theirs against 100 percent of ours, they were going to win," said Fish after the Stanford defeat...
...last season how we would have done, we wouldn't have predicted that we would have been battling for Easterns down to the final seconds," Benson said. "This year we expect to go and do well there. If we don't make it then it would be a tremendous defeat...
Last spring, ranked third entering the tournament, the Crimson cruised through the first round with a convincing 5-0 defeat of Virginia Tech...