Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present a case. Now, this discrepancy need not necessarily have been difficult to resolve. Had the governing council of the Harvard-Princeton-Yale triangle frankly declared not alone that it courted humor, but also that humor, or its absence, was to be the chief test of victory or defeat, the decision might very easily have been given--and given in favor of Yale. The council, however, has agreed upon no such instruction. It seems clear in its own mind that it desires to introduce laughter into debate, but it is not yet convinced that it desires debating to become only...
Returning to London, "der alte Jude" tish-toshed with the Queen, billet-douxed his grandmothers-in-love, plunged into affairs with Egypt, Afghanistan, South Africa. But death, defeat and Gladstone were upon him. In the elections in 1880, Gladstone introduced stump oratory to British democracy. Through his campaign in the constituency of Midlothian he appealed to the country. Economy for those at home, freedom for oppressed nations abroad-finance and Christian idealism?these were his two topics. In the battle of Midlothian, he temporarily buried Disraeli's glory under an unprecedented Liberal victory. "Nothing more than trouble and trial await...
...University matmen were given a chance to revenge an early season defeat at the hands of M. I. T. when five of the Technology wrestlers qualified for the finals. Brown failed to display its potential strength, while Williams proved stronger than expected. The meet in the finals was wholly a Harvard-M. I. T. affair. Harvard took three of the six matches by decisions and the remaining three by falls...
...Crimson and Brown wrestlers have defeated Springfield by almost the same score. This is the first year that Williams has been in the Tournament and it has not met any opponent of either Harvard or Brown. The Purple record, however, has been unbroken by a defeat during the season, and Livingston, its captain, won the 158pound New England Amateur Championship last year...
...WRESTLERS FORECAST UNIVERSITY DEFEAT...