He nearly failed to be reappointed in 1983 and almost resigned in 1986, when defeated on a key vote.
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Mr Oppenheimer was for ten years a member of Parliament for the United Party, which disintegrated when defeated by the Nationalists.
He did not win the crown again until 1982 when he defeated Ray Reardon.
Indeed, in a sense, that is the message sent by the House when it defeated Article II.
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The comeback was complete when he defeated Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert.
In 2012, when Alabama defeated LSU, the game generated a 13.8 overnight rating.
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In 1979, Jane Byrne became the first woman to be elected mayor of Chicago when she defeated Republican Wallace Johnson.
My own favorite upset occurred in college basketball in 1991 when Duke defeated the heavily-favored and previously-undefeated UNLV in the Final Four.
In 1908, American Jack Johnson became the first black boxer to win the world heavyweight title when he defeated Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney.
Svetlana Kuznetsova gave Russia, beaten by Italy in last year's semifinals, a 1-0 lead when she defeated former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 6-1 6-4.
She won 34 singles titles before retiring, including the US Open in 2005 when she defeated French hope Mary Pierce 6-3 6-1 at Flushing Meadows.
Rangel began his long run in the U.S. House in 1970 when he defeated another flamboyant and beloved longtime Harlem politician, Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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The team, which share facilities at De Montfort University, won its first trophy in 12 years on Sunday when it defeated Newcastle in the BBL Cup.
There was the fibrillating heart, of course, treatment for which meant he couldn't race again until last month, when soundly defeated at Kempton by Gold Cup opponent Madison Du Berlais.
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Wrestler Rulon Gardner has faced enough obstacles to last a lifetime since his gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics when he defeated Russian Alexander Karelin, who had not lost for 13 years.
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Madden, a sports development officer for Lisburn City Council, was part of the Antrim side which recorded the county's first win in an Ulster Championship game in 18 years when they defeated Down in 2000.
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The Iranian-born Mofaz, who is a former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, became chairman of Kadima in March when he defeated Tzipi Livni in a party leadership contest, winning 62% of the votes to Livni's 38%.
The loss was a tough sight for the Leafs' long-suffering, hockey-crazed fans, who last saw their team win a playoff game at home in April 30, 2004, when they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 in the conference semifinal.
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History repeated itself in 2011, when IBM Watson defeated at the game of Jeopardy!
That's when George McGovern defeated Hubert Humphrey in early June and basically won the nomination that year.
They lost their seventh straight Premier League match on Saturday when they were defeated 1-0 by Everton.
He also governed the state of Miranda from 2004 until 2008, when he was defeated by opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
The bill, described as draconian by the opposition, was defeated when it was first placed before the lower house in December.
When France was defeated by Germany in 1940 Maurice Couve de Murville at first worked for the puppet government in Vichy.
Following the Democratic landslide in 1964, when Johnson decisively defeated Arizona Sen.
The winged lion of St Mark is carved into its main gate, commemorating the great sea battle when the Venetians defeated the Turks at Lepanto.
When the Tudors defeated and succeeded the last of the Plantagenets, they constantly briefed against the previous administration, blaming it for all the country's ills.
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Later at Plumbland, Dixon's winning streak continued in the 13 stones but ended surprisingly when Watchi Noimai defeated him in the final of the All Weights.
Jordan, who has a 257-343 career coaching record in the NBA, was on the bench Friday, when the Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors, 118-116, at Staples Center.
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