Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assembly, ousted a six-term incumbent in the Democratic primary and later beat the Republican candidate by a 2-1 margin. He went on to write a record as a diligent researcher into tax problems, a highroad critic of high-riding Joe McCarthy and a smiling sort who took defeat good-naturedly. The defeats: in 1952 for governor, by Walter Kohler. by 400,000 votes; in 1954 for governor, by Walter Kohler. by 35,000 votes; in 1956 for governor, by Vernon Thomson, by 59,000 votes...
...know what it is to lose. I do. And I'll welcome the support of voters who do too. I'll take the losers . . . I'll take the debtors . . . I'll take the Milwaukee Braves . . . The next Senator from Wisconsin should be one who knows defeat...
...standing revealed as a man who would enrich himself at the expense of an old friend's widow. And last week there was Beck's heir apparent, Teamsters' Central Conference Boss Jimmy Hoffa, who was unable to "recollect" teaming with a union-busting racketeer to defeat the work of his own union. Beck, Hoffa and dozens of similar stripe were precious poor exhibits for Peter McGuire's better age and more chivalrous time...
While she got a polishing from her Southern foster parents, Althea continued to give a pasting to all her tournament opponents. After her first defeat in the A.T.A. women's singles, she came back and won the title, has won it every year since. On the strength of her formidable tennis, Althea won a scholarship to Florida A. & M. (for Negroes) in Tallahassee...
Ruthless Geometry. Back home after her victory in Paris and her quarter-final defeat at Wimbledon, Althea made a disappointing showing at Forest Hills, but she was sure by then that she would stick with tennis. She continued to work steadily with a new coach, Sydney Llewellyn, a Negro pro from New York with an unusual knack for teaching his rigidly defined theory of tennis. The game to Llewellyn is a ruthless exercise in geometry. For every shot, he argues, there is one proper return, one proper angle to aim for. "You don't play the person, you just...