Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from Chahar, northwest of Peiping, into Suiyuan. The invaders were equipped with tanks, armored cars and battle planes of Japanese manufacture. Actual news from this remote region was scant but early and Chinese-censored dispatches made world headlines thrilling to thousands of Chinese laundrymen and other expatriate Celestials: CHINESE DEFEAT 30,000 INVADERS...
...Haven, Conn.--Nov. 20. Falling before the scintillating attack of the Yale booters, Harvard's Varsity, Jayvee, and Freshman soccer teams went down to defeat here this afternoon...
...defeat was not unexpected in view of their season's record which included defeats by Exeter, Dartmouth's freshmen, and Andover...
Pressure brought to bear by an alliance of organized teacher's units and various Labor Union groups throughout the state was responsible for the defeat of the oath bill faction, while today a "united front" of faculty members and organized labor looms to back or oppose any legislation affecting their interests...
...though Yale must be conceded a slight edge. But Harvard-Yale games can't be figured on paper. Pre-game statisticians could have hardly predicted the Yale 3-0 triumph over Barry Wood's 1931 team, a team that had downed Army and Holy Cross to stave off defeat until Albie Booth kicked away an unblemished record in the last quarter. And on the other side of the fence, there is the record of Harvard's last Yale and major victory in 1933 when Fergie Locke ran through the entire Eli team for a score on a kickoff. That year...