Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Young. Said a member of the Japanese delegation when things looked blackest last week, "I am deeply sorry for our chairman. Mr. Young has done everything a man could possibly do to make for success. It is a shame that his wonderful work should be branded with defeat. He deserved something far, far better!" Allied Bulls Baited. The offer made by Dr. Schacht, which seemed to brand FAILURE upon all concerned last week, was in fact a pair of alternatives. The Allies could take their choice, and in either case they would get 15 billion dollars over 37 years...
...Freshmen Defeat Seconds...
Credited with victory and a defeat in two starts, the Crimson Freshman lacrosse team will seek a second triumph in its game with the Springfield College Second Varsity to be played on the field in back of the Business School at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon...
...Crimson enters the contest with a slate of two victories, one defeat, and a single tie. To start the season Harvard triumphed over the Alumni team, but during the spring recess the Crimson stickmen were trounced by Union College. Cornell met defeat at Harvard's hands last Saturday, and in a practice game on Tuesday the University tied with the Boston Lacrosse Club aggregation...
After the defeat at the hands of M. I. T. last Saturday a new first string eight was made up, in which most of the positions are filled by last year's plebe oarsmen. The old first crew has become the Jayvee and the new Naval crew is an unknown factor. Last year's Navy eight was one of the poorest in many years and was outrated, in the opinion of many rowing experts, by the first year boat. It is no surprise to speculators in Naval rowing stock that the third classmen should supersede some of the upperclassmen...