Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which Yale has over her competitors, it has been decided that a new tank is not only desirable but necessary, While Yale is thus showing energy and enterprise in boating matters, Harvard, in marked contrast, is apparently doing nothing to advance her interests in this branch of athletics. The defeat of last year has proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that under present conditions Harvard's chances of winning are practically worthless. If we would compete with Yale on equal footing we must have a rowing tank...
Because the defeat of our eleven at the hands of the Princeton team was unexpected, it is by no means a discouraging one. For, while our team was clearly outplayed, there is not the slightest doubt that if the conditions had been more favorable, and the team had played as strongly as it has at times this fall, it would have given Princeton even a closer rub than it did. The twelve points by which we were beaten does not indicate how stubborn and close the contest was. The Harvard team played an up-hill game from the start...
...trust the men on the eleven will throw off the feeling of discouragement that naturally accompanies the disappointment of defeat, and still work with the steady persistency that has marked their practice this fall. The college is behind them ready and eager to support their efforts to defeat their other rival, Yale...
...Yale-Wesleyan championship game was played at New Haven, Saturday and resulted in a crushing defeat for Wesleyan. Yale's team work, running and dodging were perfect, and Wesleyan, though playing a stronger game than against Princeton and Harvard, were helpless. The teams were as follows...
...however, was born and died but things went on as before. His adherents then said that he was not really dead, but would return again and complete his work as El Mahdi, "he who is guided by God." Many have taken this title, but all have eventually met with defeat and death. The present Mahdi owes his success to a series of fortunate accidents, and to the fanaticism of the country where he has appeared. The intelligent Moslems, however, believe that he is only a clever adventurer, who would speedily be crushed by a disciplined army...