Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Penn whipped the Crimson 7-2 in what Yovicsin termed "the bitterest defeat in my coaching career." Everything the footballers had done right in the first five games they did wrong in this one. There were fumbles, dropped passes, missed blocks...
Only Lyndon Johnson can change the direction of U.S. policy. He can alter it from one that stresses military means to one that emphasizes diplomacy -- from one that relies on destruction to one that does not demand the "defeat" of the Viet Cong before negotiations. This policy, undertaken systematically, balances both foreign and domestic considerations; it can be made persuasive to both Americans and North Vietnamese...
...major Ivy threat this year, but its 16-14 loss to Cornell showed that it is not quite up to the calibre of Harvard or Dartmouth. Twice now, the Elis have faced reasonably decent opponents, and on both occasions a field goal has outdone them. Yale's other defeat was a 17-14 loss to Rutgers...
Coach Dana Getchell's freshman squad has now registered three wins without a defeat...
...last week to advise President Johnson on Asian policy and to discuss with Dean Rusk the problems of his own divided kingdom. Not once, however, did he mention the problem that matters most, because Washington, with all its marbled wisdom, just would not have understood. A dragon threatens to defeat him in the January elections...