Search Details

Word: defeat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Finishing strongly the Freshman D league squash team administered a 3-2 defeat to the Newton YMCA here yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '38 Squash Men Win | 12/21/1934 | See Source »

With all but four of the men who started in the 1-0 defeat of Yale this fall returning to competition next fall, Dorman's prospects for the 1935 eleven are bright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DORMAN WILL CAPTAIN 1935 VARSITY SOCCER | 12/20/1934 | See Source »

...true that Librarians and professors are in league to rouse students in time to appear at the reading-room desk at eight-forty-five, it might be possible to account for the paucity of certain volumes, but even so, such a plan would defeat its purpose, for reasons which, it is to be hoped, are all too obvious. At any rate, rather than elaborate upon the point at hand, these columns can do no more than offer a fervent prayer that Librarians will make sure there are sufficient copies of books in constant demand before precious money is spent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A KINGDOM FOR A BOOK | 12/14/1934 | See Source »

Providence, December 11--Wes Fosler's team belied initial appearances by going down to a crushing defeat 45 to 21 before an airtight Providence College five here today. The Crimson was completely out-classed, and was never in the game after the first ten minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD FIVE LOSES TO DOMINICANS, 45 TO 21 | 12/12/1934 | See Source »

...still point to works of love. . . . And yet we must hold to the fact that religion is not a force. The proof? The War! ... In the War religion lost its purity and lost its authority. It joined forces with the spirit of the world. The one victim of defeat was religion. And that religion was defeated is apparent in our time. For it lifts up its voice, but only to protest. It cannot command...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Oganga from the Ogowe | 12/10/1934 | See Source »

Previous | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | Next