Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...closing weeks of 1918, when the great structure which was the German Empire was tottering to its fall moved by inner revolution and outer defeat, the world wondered what could take its place. Obviously the imperial regime of William II could not be restored in the face of the Allies and the majority of the German people. A new form of government was needed: the Republic was the answer...
...date Columbia has had three meets, coming out on top in all of them. The Columbia Alumni, the Elizabeth Y. M. O. A. of New York, and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute met defeat at their hands...
...Bury Fenners a team who did much to develop hockey, have as their boast that they have played for over one hundred years without having their record besmirched by a defeat. However, they were at times sorely pressed. One opposing goal-guard, an ingenious follow, lay down across the goal, blocking it effectually from one post into the other. The Bury Fenners had to extend themselves to win that game. But, as that illustrious captain of the Fenners, William Leeland said, "They was never beat by any town, and could do it with ease...
...troops in the Russian winter of 1812, or when he took refuge in the arms of England after the loss of Waterloo. It is a matter between these rulers and their conscience whether or not it had been better for Napoleon to have blown his brains out after his defeat by Wellington or for Davis to have done the same when Richmond fell. Brave men rarely question another's courage, particularly at such a moment as the downcrash of an empire. I have known many men of moral and physical courage-but none more personally chivalrous and brave than...
...decisive margin of 803 votes to 376, an audience in Baltimore recently acknowledged the forensic triumph of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania over Oxford. Quite a triumph indeed, for a small and relatively unheard of institution to defeat the wellknown Britishers, and in itself a fact worth passing notice. But in addition it involves facts of far greater import. The afore-mentioned audience happened to be composed to the extent of ninety-five percent, of colored listeners, the debaters of Linclon University were themselves colored, and the debate was held in the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. This is indeed something...