Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...regard to unofficial Americans hindering debt negotiations abroad by saying that U. S. proddings were not to be taken seriously, Representative Hamilton Fish Jr. suggested that the Logan Act be applied to silence the speakers. The Logan Act penalizes persons for making plans with Foreign Governments "to defeat the measures of the Government of the U. S."-in dollars up to $5,000 and in years up to three in prison...
...vote of censure on the Speaker is an unusual occurrence and the Liberals made it clear that in no way was the character of the Speaker involved. Conservative and Laborites (the latter are now trying to extirpate the Liberals from Parliament in order to strengthen their position) joined to defeat the motion, which was rejected by 306 to 27 votes...
...withdrawal of the French does not, as often reported, in any way indicate defeat. It was a purely strategic retreat, marking the beginning of a new type of warfare. Hitherto, the French have held the lines from a chain of blockhouses. Again and again, the tribes under Abd-el-Krim surrounded these small forts, with the result that the French had to undertake a series of expensive attacks in order to relieve them. As soon as the blockhouses had been provisioned and the relieving troops had withdrawn, the Riffs again surrounded them and relief fighting had to begin over again...
...squeeze; famed is his scissors hold. Last week, in St. Louis, he wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko, known as "The Old Man."* Zbyszko curled his legs and arms underneath his body so that the scissors was ineffectual, wriggled, writhed; but, after 1 hr. 23 min., he groaned, admitted defeat. Stecher took the next fall in 5 min., earned the right to meet Edward ("Strangler") Lewis, world's champion...
...expect this long spell of defeat to be ended this afternoon is, it must be admitted, to expect the highly improbable. Holy Cross is conceded all the odds for today's game and it will be little short of a miracle that will reverse the dope. Since its previous win over the Crimson, the Worcester nine has been keeping up its consistent pace getting the edge in its series with Boston College by taking the first two games...