Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...loss gives the varsity a 2-1-1 record in the Ivy League and drops it into second place. The best the Crimson can now do in League competition is defeat its two remaining opponents, Brown and Yale, and then hope for a first place...
...defeat set the varsity's Ivy League record back to 2-3 (3-4 overall), but neither the Crimson squad nor the Harvard partisans among the game's 35,000 spectators had anything to be ashamed of in connection with this performance...
...Democrat to Congress in 106 years. The Democratic bandwagon came to a screeching halt in New York, where Republican Nelson Rockefeller, after a remarkable personal campaign, carried the G.O.P. ticket to a vital win. But the Democrats regained their momentum moving westward, and climaxed their victory with the overwhelming defeat of Republican William Knowland for Governor in California...
...even more, the 1958 election was based on bread-and-butter issues and on personalities. In state after state, voters showed themselves willing to split their tickets to elect the most attractive candidates, regardless of party. Rockefeller's win was plainly personal-and so was Knowland's defeat...
...harriers placed fifth in the overall competition, losing to Army, Yale, Navy, and Brown. Army's squad functioned ruthlessly and efficiently, placing five well-oiled runners in the first twelve finishers. Yale squeaked by Navy, 84 to 85, managing to turn in another close win after their 27-28 defeat of the Crimson last week...