Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sunning, but did not immediately visit. He played golf, went swimming, established himself in two suites at the Miami-Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. Meanwhile, Republican newspaper editors were flaying with indignation a statement made by Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt that the reaction to Mr. Smith's defeat "can only be compared to that which followed the theft of the Presidency in the case of Mr. Tilden...
Conjecture was not the only result of the war games, nor was the death (by drowning) of six naval men. The defeat of the scouting fleet and "destruction" of the Canal added point and pith to the arguments of two vociferous groups at Washington. Obvious was the boost given the Navy's cruiser program now before Congress (see p. 10). Less obvious, equally welcome, was the boost given to the proposed second interoceanic canal through Nicaragua by a sea-level route requiring few if any locks. As the war-game neared its final phase, New Jersey's Senator...
...Holy Cross game will be the acid test for Harvard's quintet. So far it has won four games and lost only one. The single defeat was at the hands of the M. I. T. team, which has an untarnished record so far this season. The Crimson has been further strengthened by the presence of Joseph Bailey '29, who played on his Freshman team, but who has not appeared since because of ineligibility. S. G. Burns '30, in the position of guard, is showing remarkable promise. Burns is one of the two football men who are out, W. R. Harper...
Senator Carter Glass said: "I am unwilling to have anybody in Virginia suppose that I am simple enough to imagine that this treaty is worth a postage stamp in bringing about international peace . . . but it would be psychologically bad to defeat it. . . . I'm going to be simple enough to go along with the balance of you and vote for this thing...
...responsibility of upturning a tradition would be relieved solely by excellent reasons for doing so. Our willingness to relegate this tradition manifests lassitude and pecuniary "tightness" since the reasons brought forth for its dismissal include lack of interest and added expense. It is in our hands either to acknowledge defeat before effort or to make a successful Junior Prom one of the highlights of the class of 1930. Its success, needless to say, rests upon wholehearted support and its result is a reflection upon our class. G. C. Holbrook...