1.   On the other hand, I can think of no group that will handle defeat with more poise and grace.

2.   Alas, she has yet to learn to handle defeat as gracefully as she plays, and she showed her brat side Wednesday night.

3.   But if not, Sadler guessed that the governor would handle defeat better than many others in Texas.

4.   Clips power forward Maurice Taylor handled the defeat with a lesson in advanced spin.

5.   Even the most jaded observers of athletes were taken with how maturely Kwan handled her defeat in Nagano.

6.   He is handling unaccustomed defeat with a fierce competitiveness and solitary resolve.

7.   It used to be that you could take the measure of a person or a team or even an institution by watching how they handle defeat.

8.   Meanwhile, Ruelas seemed to handle the defeat well.

9.   Parnevik said he was able to handle that defeat because he had no illusion of winning when he showed up.