Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...home run by Cuyler in the eighth inning of yesterday's game enabled Pittsburgh to defeat Washington, 3 to 2, and even the World Series standing. The Senator's great rally in the ninth was checked by Aldridge's fine pitching. Four-base clouts by Judge. Wright, and Cuyler featured the contest...
...warfare "unity of command" is essential. Lack of such "unity of command" has probably been the cause of more defeats and disasters in military history than any other one contributing cause. It nearly caused the defeat in, and undoubtedly prolonged, the two greatest wars in our history-the Civil War and the World War. After such experience it is unthinkable that any nation could deliberately prepare its forces for national defense, so as to insure divided responsibilities and divided command in every possible theatre of operations. Yet that is just what is proposed...
...make enormously amusing screen material. One finds a tale of English nobility; a runaway couple coming back after 20 years to warn the daughter of the woman in the case not to run away with someone else's husband. It is a bid for happiness that life will defeat. Somerset Maugham wrote the original comedy. As is customary a new ending has been written, quite destroying the author's original intent. One is used to those things by now, and thankful for sequences of shrewd amusement in the earlier reels...
...seven remaining opponents of the University football team lived up to predictions and turned in easy victories on Saturday. One, Holy Cross, triumphed only after a desperate battle with a surprising St. John's team, while the remaining two, Middlebury and William and Mary, went down to expected defeat. The games resulted as follows...
...this country two years ago, his progress in the game was impeded by lack of teaching. Harry Cowles was one of the first to take him in hand. It was his service developed under Coach Cowles' instruction, which, according to Harada's statement, enabled him last summer to defeat Patterson in the Davis Cup match against Australia...