Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...week. It had been thought that the treaty would be passed early in the week, but debate dragged on endlessly. Secretary Kellogg's refusal to consider the addition of any interpretive or qualifying resolution, together with pacifist activities which linked the passage of the treaty with the defeat of the penning Cruiser Bill, made treaty opponents More than ever determined to put on record the Senate's understanding of various treaty provisos. Toward the close of the week Senator Bingham of Connecticut announced that he had circulated a round robin to which he had secured 20 signatures...
...distinct victory in the organization of the Wisconsin House. After 15 ballots, which included a 49 to 49 deadlock, Charles B. Perry, regular candidate for the House speakership, won over Alvin C. Reis, Progressive candidate. Mr. Reis was one of the signers of the Kohler-ouster petition. While his defeat was aided by the split of the Progressive faction between Mr. Reis and John W. Eber, 1927 speaker, the fact remained that the Governor's supporters secured control of the House, thereby the carnage sufferred by La Follettism...
...Crimson quintet, determined to avenge its defeat at the hands of the M. I. T. team last Saturday, meets the Boston University team at 8 o'clock tonight in Hemenway Gymnasium...
...share in the handling of peculiarly difficult war-time problems. Then came an attack of illness, after which he cut short his convalescence in order to take up the fight for his party in the campaign of 1928. His own victory in a year of overwhelming Democratic defeat cannot be interpreted otherwise than as a remarkable personal tribute...
Taking the last three matches by successive falls, the University wrestling team came from behind to defeat the Columbia matmen 18 to 11 before a large and enthusiastic gathering in the Hemenway gymnasium Saturday evening. Superior technique displayed by the Columbia representatives in the lightweight classes gave the visiting grapplers a 11 to 3 lead at the end of the fourth match, Captain Joseph Lifrak '29 being the only member of the University team to gain a decision in the early part of the evening...