Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...played in an attempt to decide the contest was marked by the fastest playing and stiffest defence of the evening for both sides. W. J. Louderback '20, at goal for the informals, twice prevented scores by brilliant stops, while Mackay, for the Wanderers, was also responsible for staving off defeat for his team. At the end of the period the playing was as even as at the beginning and the game was called...
...students was not convinced of the merits of such a plan. We are not to think the scheme was opposed on selfish grounds alone. The horror of inconvenience may have influenced a great many, but they were sagacious enough to hide the fact. The measure went down to defeat because to too many it seemed impractical and futile...
...defeat...
...path for us to follow," he said. "We cannot tell what may happen. It is even conceivable that we may lose this war, and that is a thing for you to ponder well. Yet even so, great things have come from periods of loss, of chaos and of defeat...
...practice of accepting Liberty Bonds in exchange for merchandise, which is being followed by some merchants, tends to defeat the primary object of the sale of Liberty Bonds...