Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with 27 1-2, and Dartmouth trailed with 17. Bob Hall's first in the high jump, and the two-mile relay team's victory, helped materially. Bob Woodward almost nipped the favored Meaden of Cornell, but was turned back by about 10 yards. The principal cause of his defeat was the surprising bid made by Ed Messitt, Cornell Sophomore, who was leading going into the last lap. It took all Woodward had to garner three more points for Harvard...
...well aware that my position will be disappointing to many friends, which I deeply regret. I am also aware that it will likely defeat me, should I be a candidate for re-election...
With regard to the results obtained from the CRIMSON-Herald-Tribune Poll Governor Curley smiled again as he said, "The recent CRIMSON poll predicting the defeat of Roosevelt proves one thing conclusively, for Harvard prognostications like those of Washington are never right. It means that Roosevelt will carry at least 40 states in the next election...
...against probably their most formidable opponents of the season in the United States Military Academy team. Although the Crimson boxers have rolled up an excellent record so far, with victories over M.I.T., Virginia, Pennsylvania, Coast Guard, and Princeton to their credit, they will have to extend themselves to defeat a very strong Army team, five members of which helped to beat the Crimson last year...
...arbitrarily slashing the standing interest rate in Massachusetts from 2 1-2 to 1 1-2 percent, the revenue bill would defeat its purpose entirely, as savings banks would soon be put out of business. This additional 1 per cent, moreover, would increase present savings bank payments ten-fold, even though these institutions now pay a higher rate than any other source of state revenue...