Word: dispiritedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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For dispirited Labor strategists, the theme of "Headmistress" Thatcher bullying her colleagues was a heaven-sent chance to go briefly on the offensive. Within hours, Labor was making the Prime Minister herself a campaign issue, repackaging the toughness that made her the "resolute" leader in the Falklands war into domineering...
Neither side wants to risk a violent showdown that might jeopardize the Pope's visit. But that has not prevented a series of prudent skirmishes. The Communist leadership hopes the trip will demonstrate to the world that life in Poland has returned to normal. As if to emphasize that...
According to Galtieri, the confusion within Argentina's military leadership was even worse. Visiting the Falklands, he found his soldiers so badly deployed that he thought of relieving General Mario Benjamin Menéndez, commander of the 10,000-man garrison on the islands. Galtieri later rejected the idea...
In reality, Arafat, 53, and his colleagues had small reason to rejoice. Palestinian fortunes have not looked so bleak since Arafat took control of the shattered and dispirited organization following the 1967 Middle East war. The delegates, representing 4 million Palestinians dispersed among some 90 countries around the world, had...
The Crimson offered few excuses for their performance, and most of the squad was too dispirited for comment.