Word: defeats
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...McCain about to re-enter the fray? If so, it is a journey that has been nearly a year in the making. Since his defeat by Obama 11 months ago, McCain has spent much of his time in a self-imposed exile. He returned to Washington without a long list of bills he was keen to pass. He could see that his Democratic friends felt no need to cut deals while they held a lopsided margin in the Senate. Several veteran aides who helped guide him in campaigns past have left town or consult from a greater distance. Longtime advisers...
...docudrama-style film begins in 1945 with the then temporarily allied communists and Nationalists celebrating the defeat of the Japanese and culminates with the declaration of the People's Republic by Mao at Beijing's Tiananmen Square. It purports to tell the true and full story of the tangled dance between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the KMT to forge a new, unified China. As you'd expect, many - but surprisingly not all - elements of the KMT are portrayed as malevolent and capricious, and the CCP justly triumphs (of course!). Yet Founding goes beyond routine propaganda. What's striking...
...Syria has been slowly accommodating American and Saudi positions on several issues as well as opening an embassy in Beirut, gracefully accepting the electoral defeat of its Lebanese allies in June, and restricting the flow of foreign fighters across Syrian land into Iraq...
This afternoon, Harvard hopes to use its momentum from last Saturday’s win to defeat Holy Cross, before moving on to its second Ancient Eight contest this weekend at Cornell...
...pack-running paid off for Harvard, as the Crimson managed to split the Bulldogs’ top performers. Although Gilmour and Neely fell of the pace a bit on the final hill, they and Galebach held on long enough to earn retribution for the team’s September defeat...