Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although the reserve strength is weak, the Varsity is expected to have slight difficulty in keeping its slate unmarred by defeat in the Williams clash tonight...
...since the District of Columbia court spends much of its time on Government tax litigation brought before it by the U. S. Board of Tax Appeals, and is a place where the New Deal can well use a sincere friend. For his part Fred Vinson, who remembers his defeat by the Hoover landslide in 1928 after three terms in the House, appreciated as fully as any seasoned campaigner the security of a $12,500 lifetime...
...Kazushige Ugaki, one of Japan's longtime Privy Councilors, mentioned prominently last spring as candidate for Premier, attempted to meet squarely the incredulity with which white men greet Japanese claims to be fighting China so that the two countries can become firm friends, even allies. In 1866 Prussia defeated Austria; in 1870 Austria was a "neutral" when Prussia fought and defeated France; and in 1914 Austria joined the Prussian War Lord as his chief ally-such in brief was the analogy from European history by which General Ugaki hoped last week to interpret to the West the faith...
Southeastern Conference. At Nashville, Tenn., a Vanderbilt team which had been defeated only once this season (by Georgia Tech) and had defeated such noteworthy teams as Southern Methodist, Louisiana State and Tennessee, romped onto the field to play unbeaten, untied Alabama. As the game drew to a close, it looked as if Vanderbilt and Alabama would each end the season with one defeat: the score stood 7-to-6 in Vanderbilt's favor. Then Alabama's portly Coach Thomas waved Haywood ("Sandy") Sanford, 200-lb. sophomore, into the game. The ball lay on Vanderbilt...
...abundance of material. With the right amount of breaks, it should do as well as last year's team. But with a schedule of at least fourteen games, any hockey team, no matter how good it might be, is fortunate to get through a season without more than one defeat. To expect an undefeated season, above all, would be foolhardy...