Word: defeated
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...NCAA championships later this year. A loss to the Terriers at this point would put the Crimson out of the picture, as it has already lost once to B.U. as well as to St. Lawrence. Moreover, the Terriers have a chance on Feb. 22 to avenge an earlier defeat by the Larries, while the varsity will have to content itself with Ivy League and other less formidable opposition...
...Scoring three touchdowns in the first seven minutes of the last period, lean, swift Oklahoma routed Duke in the Orange Bowl, 48-21. For Oklahoma, the victory salved some of the sting of this season's Notre Dame defeat that snapped its 47-game winning streak...
Their backs to the wall after an ignominious defeat by Tufts earlier in the week, the Crimson varsity basketball team fought valiantly this week-end, smashing Columbia, 80-61, Friday, and then losing, 58-55, in the last eight seconds to Cornell on the next night...
...League basketball activity over the weekend, Yale suffered its fifth consecutive defeat at the hands of Dartmouth, and Princeton continued to impress onlookers as the "team to beat...
Japan. Shocked into numbed inferiority by World War II's defeat, the country is finally finding its feet under Premier Nobusuke Kishi, who has given Japan its strongest government since 1945. By uniting the conservative factions, Kishi decisively reduced any chance that the Socialists, who had their brief try in 1947-48, may gain power in the foreseeable future. Though Communists have infiltrated some trade unions, their influence in the country has been contained. Economically, Japan's resurgence is comparable to West Germany's; e.g., the gross national product has doubled since...