Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Alfred Reeves, vice president & general manager of the Automobile Manufacturers Association, predicted defeat for Homer Martin. Said knowing "Al" Reeves: "Manufacturers feel that Martin would be easier to deal with, but their chief concern is in a quick settlement . . . regardless of the winner...
Last week, with Hungary under martial law and the Premier's racial bills facing probable defeat, Dr. Imredy was forced to admit that he had made an embarrassing and belated discovery. A deeper search into genealogical records had uncovered the unfortunate fact that his maternal great-grandfather had been born a Jew and that he himself was thus one-eighth Jewish. After some necessary promptings by old Nicholas Horthy, Regent of Hungary, Dr. Imredy resigned in a mood of self-immolation. Said he: "I held, and still hold, that legislation for the regulation of Jewish participation in the economic...
...Quakers have met defeat at the hands of Columbia and have been blanked by Navy, putting them behind the Harvard team which won from Columbia and scored 7 1/2 points against the Middies. Last year the Crimson was also the favorite for the contest but emerged beaten. However, there is little chance for a recurrence of such an upset this year...
Yale has been undefeated in competition so far this year, using the same formidable lineup that captured the indoor intercollegiates for them last year. In Chicago the Elis trampled Major Sargent's outfit 12 to 7, but the defeat was not as complete as the score indicates, for the Crimson came back in the last period to play their opponents off their feet. It must also be taken into consideration that the Yale team ranks five goals higher than the Crimson, and were it not for the fact that all college games are played on the flat, the contest would...
...Crimson sextet, somewhat worn down by this week's Canadian trip, left early yesterday afternoon in order to get a good night's sleep before tonight's tilt. Both games on Canadian ice, the 7 to 5 win over Montreal on Tuesday and the 13 to 6 defeat at the hands of McGill on Wednesday were hectic battles, and tonight's clash at Princeton will finish up the toughest two weeks of competition that the Hoddermen have had this season...