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Word: defeating (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stood out against making a fight on this issue. The Administration has stood solidly behind the settlement, contending not only that it is the best that can be got, but the only way of insuring any money at all from Italy. A combination of Democrats and Republican Progressives might defeat the settlement, but the Administration still believes it can succeed in getting it passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Amity or Issues? | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

...University swordsmen were defeated by the fencers of the J. Sanford Saltus Club of New York on Saturday in their first defeat of the season by a 7 to 6 score. The foils event went to the Saltus Club by a 5 to 4 decision, while the two teams broke even in the epee contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW YORK BLADES BRING FIRST LOSS OF SEASON | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

...Crimson matmen suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of Princeton wrestlers Saturday at Nassau. The score was 13 to 9. The Tiger grapplers won the only two falls in the entire meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIGER GRAPPLERS WIN MEET BY 13 TO 9 SCORE | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

...feature of the meet was Captain Bradford's bout with Meislahn, the heavyweight Princetonian whom he conquered last year. Both men have been training hard all the season and neither had previously been defeated this year. The two men wrestled last year in a Harvard-Princeton match and the victory went to Bradford on over time. Meislahn wiped out his last year's defeat by a time advantage this year of two minutes and five seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIGER GRAPPLERS WIN MEET BY 13 TO 9 SCORE | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

...basketball team ended its season well; the hockey and track squads have won even greater honor. The human desire for victory dictates some mention of this recent cluster of them Perhaps they do not stand for a success any the more real than seasons of uncrowned endeavor. But if defeat ought not to be unduly depressing, nor victory unduly intoxicating, it nevertheless remains that the latter is vastly the more preferable. The University is very naturally warmed by the success of its representatives and very properly unites in congratulating Captain Cumings, Captain Tibbetts, Captain Smith, and the teams which they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHEN THE TIDE FLOWS | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

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