Word: defeated
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...varsity soccer team will put its claims on the Ivy League championship to the test this afternoon when it meets a rugged Dartmouth squad here at 2 p.m. If the Crimson can defeat the Indians, only Yale should stand in the way of a successful title defense...
...recent death of F. J. Johnson, 1921 varsity quarterback, reminded many long-time Crimson followers of Harvard's famous defeat at the hands of Centre College's Praying Colonels. Loyal Crimson supporters have stoutly maintained over the years that the game reliable experts have called "the upset of the half-century" was in reality nothing of the sort...
...CRIMSON's headline on Oct. 31, 1921, read: "McMillin's Scintillating Dash Sends Crimson to First Defeat Since 1916. Raging Kentuckians Humble University Team by 6 to 0 Before Packed Stadium Crowd--Roberts Outdoes Himself...
Those close to Harvard football in 1921 were not ignorant of the Crimson's deficiencies. An open letter from R. B. Wigglesworth, member of the Football Advisory Committee, published in the CRIMSON after the Centre contest said, "Harvard's defeat Saturday at the hands of Centre College demonstrates conclusively the critical condition of the University eleven...
...Gaulle's promising formula is still little more than a change de language, as L'Express put it a month ago. The parliamentary vote of confidence last week reflected more expediency than conviction; the Deputies knew that the President could and would dissolve the Chamber if he met defeat. The so-called "Gaullists," right up to Premier Michel Debre, generally prefer continued strong prosecution of the war and eventual "integration...