Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Paris last week 74-year-old Edouard Daladier, last survivor of the "men of Munich," bitterly ended his 40-year career in French politics. Rather than face certain defeat, Radical Socialist Daladier resigned as mayor of Avignon, abandoned his candidacy for a seat in the Fifth Republic's first National Assembly. "In all France." he snapped, "a new right wing, aggressive and hidebound, triumphs by covering itself with the name and prestige of General de Gaulle...
...this tidal wave, many a figure from the past was swept away. The Socialists, hitherto France's biggest non-Communist party, lost a staggering 55 seats (from 95 down to 40). Among defeated Socialists were ex-Premier Paul Ramadier, Christian Pineau, Robert Lacoste and Jules Moch. The Radical Party, a dominant force in French politics since 1875, saw four of its ex-Premiers (Pierre Mendés-France, Daladier, Edgar Faure and Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury) go down to defeat. Also consigned to political oblivion: rabble-rousing near-fascist Pierre Poujade...
...Massachusetts Republicans discussed last night how the GOP should rebuild after its "decisive and devastating defeat" in the 1958 elections. The two, both candidates in the '58 elections, spoke before the Eisenhower Club...
Gardner finds Searchlight (see color) "particularly Japanese in its refined monochrome patterns." After the Hurricane also has one Japanese quality-its rendition of energy through design. The stunned stillness, the animal defeat in Homer's watercolor might seem diametrically opposed to Ogata Korin's lively imaginings (see above); yet the two men would have understood each other. Both spoke in terms of powerfully simple compositions...
...Crimson squad will inaugurate the new rink at Chestnut Hill, and the purple and gold team hopes to avenge last year's defeat in the Beanpot tourney. This incentive for revenge, coupled with the desire to inaugurate the rink "properly," will make B.C. mighty tough to defeat...