Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fang, recent ly driven from Shanghai (TIME, March 7), turned back upon the, Southern Nationalists who had been pursuing them, dealt two heavy blows, and recaptured "Yangchow. Though the number of troops involved was not great, this was the first action in which the Nationalists have suffered a definite defeat since they left Canton on their great campaign which has resulted in the capture of all China South of the Yangtze...
...that Appleton Chapel in performing its spiritual function has come to be an essential part of the Yard environment, and also that it is capable of housing those who wish to attend services--have been raised before, are shared by others, and will remain as factors which have met defeat. These arguments have been over-ruled and a church is promised for the Yard...
...schedule calls for participation in matches in five different cities. Two matches on this year's list were on the schedule which the University netmen faced last season. In the Mason-Dixon Championships at White Sulphur Springs last Spring, the Crimson team suffered its only defeat when Tilden, Richards, and other net stars of a like caliber subdued the Harvard players. The net team with again meet the Norfolk Country Club players, whom they defeated last Spring...
...past years the team has always done very well, winning the intercollegiates in 1924; it went down to defeat at the hands of Yale in the finals last year. Although two members of last year's team are gone it is hoped that new players will fill their places to ride with Captain R. A. Pinkerton '27, and W. H. White...
...distinction of being the most despicable character in the story and also the most interesting. In contrast to the other people, all of whom are hell bent for self sacrifice, she is delightful--which is probably what Mrs. de Selincourt intended her to be, thus allowing gentility to defeat villainy...