Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Elections these days are a peculiar business. The voters are increasingly puzzled by the growing similarity between the major parties. And the candidates are often perplexed by the need to defeat opponents with whom they may well be in fundamental agreement...
...political front, the Communist Chinese had less cause for celebration. In Tibet the Reds admitted temporary defeat. The evidence reached Hong Kong in the form of a two-month-old directive of the Chinese Communist Party Tibetan Working Committee proclaiming the "positive significance of the Central Committee's policy of not implementing the democratic reform in Tibet within six years." Said the Red statement plaintively: ''Facts have proved that only a few of the upper-strata personages support the reform, while the majority still harbor varying degrees of doubt and are actually against it; and that, although...
...delicate political balance. For Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, heading a ruling minority of no Tories* in a 265-seat House of Commons, the order of business was to pass an ambitious legislative program. Liberal Leader Louis St. Laurent, 75, Prime Minister from 1948 until his party's defeat last June, faced an equally challenging problem in maneuver: to harry and wound the Tories politically, but not so grievously as to force an election that Liberals fear would cost them some seats...
...notable byproduct of Vogel's victory was his apparent defeat of two mighty Wall Street investment houses−Lehman Bros, and Lazard Freres−who are dissatisfied with Loew's management (TIME, Nov. 12). Lehman and Lazard figured to control about 3,000,000 of the 5,336,777 shares outstanding. Yet last week they voted only 150,000 shares for the rebel cause. A Lehman-Lazard spokesman contended that the two firms can still control approximately 3,000,000 shares. But they do not appear to want to lead a proxy fight themselves, nor do they support...
...hard-hitting Dartmouth rugby team gave the Crimson its first fall defeat and four casualties on Saturday, as it ran up a 16-0 half-time lead and held...