Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Said the President, braced at his news conference with his chairman's lack of never-say-die: "Now for my part. I never yet admitted defeat on any fight I had to fight. I once had to participate in a high-school team that played against a college, and we still made a pretty good show...
...held power alone or as masters of a coalition almost uninterruptedly since 1932, fell by an adverse vote in the Swedish lower chamber. At issue was expansion of Sweden's welfare state, which already provides more cradle-to-grave benefits than any other European nation. Following his defeat, Erlander asked King Gustaf VI Adolf to dissolve Parliament...
Playing number two, Perry Driggs defeated Columbia, 7-6, and halved on the last hole with Penn's Rob Roy, one up. Frank Dodge shot par on the nineteenth to defeat Penn, one up, and took his match from Columbia...
Number-four man Dave Beady defeated Penn, 2-1, and Columbia, 5-3, shooting under 78 for the third straight match. Bob Grundeman lost to the Quakers, 4-2, but came back to defeat the Lions...
Wesleyan College defeated the Crimson golf team yesterday, 4 to 3. The match was played at the Edgewood Country Club in Cromwell, Conn., and a good part of the varsity's defeat was due to their lack of familiarity with the course. Wesleyan won three strokes on Crimson blind shots, although all of the Harvard golfers shot 80 or under...