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Word: defeat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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With the proper accompaniment of supernatural reaction, the airing of Crimson crew victories was snapped Saturday on Lake Cayuga by a powerful cornell eight in the teeth of a tempest. The defeat was the first in eleven starts since the Navy race...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Rain, Sleet, Hail Pelt Varsity Eights as Cornell Crew Snaps Crimson's String | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Harvard's tennis team, heavily studded with reserves, went down to a 6 to 3 defeat at the hands of the Cornell net-men in Ithaca Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reserve Net Squad Bows to Cornell Team in 6-3 Defeat | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...have been trying to persuade the Chinese that their money was just as good as Chiang Kai-shek's and who have made valiant efforts to keep Japanese-sponsored currency at par with the British and U S-supported Chinese dollar, this was as serious as a big defeat on the battlefield Many a Chinese coolie, farmer or worker in Japanese "conquered" territory has even on pain of death preferred the "harder" Chinese money, which could be changed at any time to western currency, to the yen which could not. Last week's events made them even more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Safe Deposit Vault | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Although he began his Varsity career with a defeat when Godfrey Brown of Oxford in the summer of 1937 edged him out in a 440 that was clocked under 48 seconds, since that time Light body has been virtually unbeaten in individual races and has anchored eight winning relay teams, three that placed second, and one that placed third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lightbody, Middle Distance Standby, Is Track Captain | 5/26/1939 | See Source »

...Story is rated as the reserve pitcher, giving the Bellboys a fourth man in the selection, Charley Lutz of Adams is by far and away the outstanding pitcher in the League. The slim Junior, who played on his Freshman team two seasons back, has been charged with but one defeat this year and is chiefly responsible for keeping the Gold Coasters in the championship running...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Lowell and Adams Each Place Three Men On All-House Nine | 5/26/1939 | See Source »

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