Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Princeton's doubles sweep added humility to defeat. Doubles has traditionally been the strongpoint of Harvard tennis; last season the Crimson topped Princeton at all three positions...
...much for paradise. In Updike's ironic words, "it's a happy-ending book -everybody gets what he wants." The kicker, of course, is that "getting it is just as frustrating as not getting it" and the would-be hedonists retreat in defeat from their obsessive adulteries...
...Alaska (1958's Ice Palace). Critics sometimes called her shallow; her subjects often found her biting judgments just the reverse (in Texas, in fact, there were mutters of lynching). Her books, Broadway plays and countless short stories, brought her fame and wealth. "Life," she said, "can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death...
...defeat the Tigers, Harvard must stop some of the East's outstanding collegiate stars. Bobby Goeltz and Richard Howell, two sophomores, lead the Princeton attack...
Harvard's varsity baseball team will try to bounce back from Wednesday's upset defeat at the hands of M.I.T. when it takes on the streaking Princeton varsity here at 3 p.m. today...