Word: defeatable
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...bill had been forced off the House floor late last month in an embarrassing procedural defeat that left sponsors pronouncing it dead...
Even though there were unfortunate circumstances in the Amherst game, we do not try to apologize for defeat. But worse even than the playing was the lack of support from the rest of the University. We agree heartily with the writer of the communication that it is time for the re-organization of the University band and for starting the practice of songs. Still more important is the cheering. Not only was the leading, but also the response, poor on Saturday. Let us have one competent leader with a few good assistants; then let the cheering be a spontaneous outburst...
Harvard was less sharp at Brown as the Crimson JV placed a disappointing third in the Sharpe Trophy Saturday. Harvard only managed to defeat one team at the Regatta and finished with a 1-4 mark...
...bitter defeat. The White House had mounted a determined, if muddled, last-minute campaign to head off the override. Three days after he vetoed the sanctions bill, which had been passed in August by the Senate (84 to 14) and then later by the House of Representatives (308 to 77), the President sent a letter to House Speaker Tip O'Neill offering to impose some measures in an Executive Order. The proposal included bans on the import of iron and steel but omitted coal and other important items, like the cancellation of airport landing rights. Congress was in no mood...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.--With its 24-0 loss at the hands of William & Mary Saturday, the Harvard football team suffered its second consecutive shutout defeat. Going back to the first game of the season, the Crimson (now 1-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy) has not scored in nine quarters--and has managed only a field goal in its last 10 periods...