Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Johnny English, 14, who was kept alive during a critical period of his illness last summer by his hopes of a victory for the Chicago Cubs in the World Series; of neurogenic sarcoma (nerve cancer); in Chicago. Told of the fourth straight defeat of the Cubs last fall, he replied: "Well, you can't always...
Financier Young frequently stormed but could not break through this barricade. Last November he admitted defeat by resigning from Chesapeake's board. Guaranty then proceeded with its own ideas for eliminating Chesapeake entirely from the pyramid by distributing to Chesapeake's stockholders their company's assets. Last week, with Guaranty voting; 71% of the stock, 73% of the stockholders approved. When the burial is completed, Alleghany will be directly over the C. & O holding a 25% interest in that valuable property. Robert Young's group, meanwhile. remains the largest owner of Alleghany-but Guaranty will remain...
...Varsity malletmen went down to defeat 13 to 12 in a "sudden-death" overtime before the Ramblers in a feature indoor match Saturday night, and the Yardlings nosed out the Coassaks in a Class C contest...
...triumph over Pennsylvania at Hanover with Gus Broberg's 26 points leading the way. In another feature battle Cappy Cappon and his hard-luck Princeton Tigers were never quite able to overcome an early Yale advantage, and the Orange and Black went down to defeat 27 to 26 in New Haven...
...alibis or excuses were to be heard from his lips; instead, he excused himself quietly from a gathering of reporters and officials and went over to congratulate the captain of the opposing team. For a man whose entire life is centered on his team, Hal Ulen took the defeat with an admirable grace that the Harvard athletic community may well be proud of. His thoughts in defeat did not consist of balancing the half-dozen if's of the meet, rather did he praise the men on his team who fought to the last for him and plan to build...