Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...perennially powerful CRIMSON nine, led by Captain B. Eames "Slim" Nelson, overwhelmed WHRB yesterday afternoon, 23 to 2, behind the two-hit pitching of the Crime's ace hurler, John "Fireball" Adler. The radiomen claimed fatigue as the reason for their defeat. As one member said, following the contest, "An orgy can take a lot out of a man." He was referring to the station's recent all-night music shows...
Neither scholar, mnemonic freak nor gambler, Elfrida has hit the top in what is still the most demanding and sophisticated of all quiz shows. She still could lose all if (very unlikely) she tied in 14 games and then crashed in a 21-0 defeat. Boning up for Twenty One ever since she got on its stand-by list last July ("I read atlases, memorizing capitals, rivers, all kinds of things"), Elfrida left her well-paid job as personnel manager of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants when she really got rolling on the show...
...Eastern League title, the Crimson has only to defeat Yale Wednesday, but this is a doubtful possibility. Yale trounced Princeton Saturday, 7 to 2, and must be rated the favorite, despite the varsity's excellent showing this weekend...
...loss was the first defeat for a Crimson crew this season. Rowing poorly in the rough water and catching several crabs towards the finish, the J.V.'s ended up 21/2 lengths behind Navy and a scarce two-tenths of a second after Penn...
...Marcel Pagnol production. It has the usual kindly, middle-aged fat man and the usual beautiful young thing who strays from the straight and narrow; after alarums and excursions, the fat man forgives the young thing, and all is well again. Romantic love and romantic pride sustain another defeat at the hands of the gentler virtues...