Word: defeat
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...Cabinet of PBHA, which is comprised of the chairpersons of PBHA's 37 committees, did endorse the Campaign to defeat Proposition 1-2-3. This resolution was passed in the conviction that Proposition 1-2-3 was threatening the welfare of the clientele we serve. It was clearly expressed and understood, however, that this resolution did not represent PBHA as a whole. In fact, The Crimson published a quote stating that this resolution was not representing the view of the Association as a whole or its volunteers...
Crossing Your X's and Your O's: Penn Coach and former defensive coordinator Gary Steele despondently admitted defeat in his battle of the minds with Restic Saturday...
...Meyer contended that 1-2-3 was designed to increase homeownership, not eliminate rent control. He said people turned out to defeat the referendum primarily because of the way opponents framed the debate...
...Hitler's troops and were poised to take Berlin. Although the ailing Roosevelt knew that the U.S. could soon assault Japan with the first atom bomb, his top military advisers doubted that its use would be immediately decisive. An American priority at Yalta was to ensure Japan's quick defeat by persuading Stalin to join the Far East conflict once Germany surrendered...
Stalin won outright annexation of parts of eastern Poland; the Poles were compensated with parts of easternmost Germany. In the Far East the Soviets were secretly awarded the Japanese Kurile Islands and the southern part of Sakhalin Island, an arrangement disclosed after Japan's defeat...