Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Grover Cleveland (Gold Democrat) offered him the treasury seat. Mr. Gage refused. In 1896, he and other Gold Democrats helped Mark A. Hanna defeat William Jennings Bryan (Silver-tongued Silver Democrat) and, to be polite to the Gold Democrats who voted for his candidate, Mark Hanna gave Mr. Gage the Treasury post in William McKinley's Cabinet. Theodore Roosevelt irked Mr. Gage, and he left the Cabinet as soon after Mr. McKinley's death as it was proper to do so. He had done his work well. Mr. Gage had but two honorary degrees-one from Beloit...
Without the services of Captain R. A. Pinkerton '27 and Holden White, the University polo team on Saturday was an easy victim for West Point's crack trio, and went to defeat by the overwhelming score...
Fresh from the 7 to 0 defeat they handed to the Andover sextet Wednesday the 1930 skaters meet Exeter this afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Charles-bank Rink...
...Thacher defeated Bohlen 3 to 2 after a gruelling session on the court. He took the first game after a sew saw battle with an 18-15 count. Bohlen turned the tables in the next game by taking the University court man into camp by a 15-16 score. Thacher took the third game, but dropped the fourth by the same count. In the fifth round he steadied down to take the game and match. The team suffered its first setback of the afternoon when Gammell swept Stewart to defeat. Oliver made up for this by defeating Gardner easily...
...Terrier scoring bids began to rattle off Morrill's stick and pads as Nelson, Gregory, Viano and Lawless made repeated sallies on the Crimson net. The Harvard guardian bore the brunt of this assault alone, and his great work in front of the cage staved off what appeared certain defeat for Coach Bigelow...