Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Would it perhaps be fair to say that, after running the ship of state onto the shoals of diplomatic, fiscal and military defeat, "Captain" Johnson was the first to board a lifeboat for the sunny shores of the Pedernales...
Harvard suffered its only defeat at number four singles where junior Steve Devereux dropped a tight three-set match, 7-5, 0-6, 7-5. Devereux was unable to overcome his opponent's unusual strategy, which included crude digital gestures, bad calls, and obnoxious behavior...
...This was the first time the Globe had supported a political candidate since it backed William Jennings Bryan in 1896. Needless to say, the Globe'sabandonment of its 72-year policy of neutrality created some consternation in the Hicks camp. "I'm told Louise Hicks blames the Globefor her defeat," comments Charlie Whipple, head of the Globe'seditorial staff. He adds gravely, "I find that comforting...
Getting better in every game, the Crimson overpowered C.W. Post, 9-6, and Rutgers, 8-7, before bowing to mighty Navy 14-3, and small college power Washington 10-7. Rebounding from their defeat by Washington, Harvard crushed Adelphi 10-4, to end the trip on a winning note...
Tennessee Williams is a regional play wright in a far subtler sense than that of merely creating bizarre Southern characters. Until recent decades, the mind of the South had been haunted by the disastrous defeat of the Civil War and by memories of pre-bellum graciousness, leisure and glory. The hab it of viewing human beings as wound ed by life, just as the South was wounded by history, permeates Williams' plays...