Word: defeat
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dollar bet with Brady, the drug clerk, that Swanson would defeat Grayside on Thanksgiving Day. Gus had lost a dollar each year for the past six years on that game. But, as he always confided to Nelly, a team can't win every time. Gus was still grateful for that six bits he cleaned up back in '28 when Swanson won by a safety...
...Hoover administration was devoted to the interests of the industrialists and was controlled by them. During the dark days of February and March, 1932, they were apparently glad to admit defeat and to retire. Since then there has been a gradual revival of self-confidence. During the summer this revival expressed itself in growing but rather incoherent criticism of the Administration. The American Liberty League aroused hopes of strong constructive thinking, but they remained unfulfilled. The recent Congressional elections, however, have apparently given the movement added impetus. Perhaps the leaders of industry now realize that against a well-organized...
...semester's work or force too many questions into a short sixty minutes. In either case the resulting grades may be meaningless, and in either an injustice is done. This is a month when many men are preparing course theses, and to distract and divide their attention is to defeat the purpose of the new educational trend...
Beaten three times, Texas Christian redeemed itself by giving the Rice Owls their first defeat of the season...
...subscribed tentatively, remembering that the awards for any winning squad such as football or squash would amount to approximately thirty dollars, and that, since expenditure is directly proportionate to glory, for any House to win more than two championships would be financially disustrous. But the project went down to defeat because of the insolvency of Dunster and the non-cooperation of Leverett...