Word: default
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Moley earned his semi-final berth with a decisive victory, over Lin Burton, former Varsity player, 6-1, 6-2, in the second round and then a default in the third...
...India ruled by force and torn by rebellion is an India mortgaged to the common enemy. . . . Such an India will never be saved by British or American troops. To lose India tomorrow by American default today will be to doom China to subjugation, to deliver all the Middle East to the Axis and to force the armies of Russia behind the Urals, regardless of any second front. The sequel for Britain can only be invasion. The sequel for America can only be an endless and all but hopeless war against opponents who will rule the world...
...chance to decide the question of the Third Term, or Term IV, on the ground of political principle had already gone once by default. The chance had come in 1940, but it had slipped by the boards, obscured by the rush of the war abroad. In that somber, critical campaign autumn the Third Term issue had been a great issue but not dominant. The campaign had been fought out over the pro & con of New Deal v. private initiative, of Roosevelt the man v. Willkie the man, of Roosevelt the veteran in foreign affairs v. Willkie the intelligent novice...
...defended-a sponge sucking at Japan's limited total of men, ships and planes. The prospect that seemed empty and wishful when the Japs were advancing was now a reality. The Japs were now the defenders, and they had to choose places to let go by default-as perhaps they did last week in China (see p. 33)-or to defend...
...semi-final round, then, shapes up this way: Everts meets Moley; and Burton, who is already in the semi-final round by virtue of a default victory over-Jenkins, will play the winner between Hyde and the winner of the Dunlop-Brandt match...