Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Herbert Hoover carries no timidity of defeat in his heart. He has the amazing spiritual leadership to make each law-abiding household want to do its bit. Governor Smith says it can't be done. With Herbert Hoover we know it CAN be done...
...Senator Walter Evans Edge assured the public that Mrs. Willebrandt would make no visit there. From wet Wisconsin to wet headquarters in wet Chicago went a letter from Benjamin Fuelleman, a State committeeman. "Unless Mrs. Willebrandt is muzzled," wrote Mr. Fuelleman, "Mr. Hoover is sure to go down to defeat. ... If she fails to do this [return to Washington, be silent], President Coolidge should call for her resignation. . . . We cannot do it if we have to carry around 'an old man of the sea' such as Mrs. Willebrandt has proven herself...
...Washington, Senator Nye of North Dakota asked the following question: "Shall we as progressive people give our support to the candidate of Tammany, that institution which bitterly fought and assailed Lincoln; which left no stone unturned to defeat that great progressive leader, William Jennings Bryan; which is wide open to the charge of having traded its strength in 1924 against the interests of the candidacy of Robert M. LaFollette, the greatest of all leaders of progressive thought...
...used a style of combat peculiar to his nation; Jiu Jitsu, the gentle and famous art of making an opponent use his strength to encompass his own defeat. For 3,000 years the Japanese have used this graceful and economical method of self defense. Jiu Jitsu must not be compared or confused with another often pictured species of Japanese wrestling, somewhat like capoeira, in which two 400-lb. bullies stand face to face and each endeavors mainly by pulling at the sparse clothing of his adversary to topple him over. Jiu Jitsu requires enormous training; Jap boys rise early...
...faster singles, Henri Cochet trounced Lott and Borotra was extended to defeat Hennessey...