Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York, Connecticut, Idaho, and Utah the nominating convention is still used instead of the direct primary. -Mr. Smith's only defeat for the governorship came in 1920 when Judge Nathan L. Miller was elected in the Harding landslide by a majority of 74,000, even though Mr. Smith ran a million votes ahead of the Democratic national ticket. tStandard gold bullion is worth $223.20 per pound. -Recently reorganized under the name of Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner & Reed, with John W. Davis at its head. Its history dates back beyond the days when Grover Cleveland was a member...
While Harvard was tasting defeat on Saturday, several of the University's future opponents spent rather drab afternoons. Yale, in conquering Georgia by 19 to 0, showed some glaring weaknesses, while Princeton was lucky to tie Washington and Lee 7 to 7. William and Mary, who visit the Stadium this week, fell before a powerful Syracuse eleven...
...opening game of its season last Saturday, the Harvard Freshman football team lost to a strong Andover eleven by a score of 6 to 0. Two beautifully executed forward passes spelled defeat...
This afternoon for the first time in recent years a Harvard eleven will take the field against Holy Cross with the odds against Holy Cross with the odds against it. The Crimson's defeat at the hands of Geneva last Saturday and several injuries sustained during the week have combined to turn the opinion of experts in favor of the Purple in today's clash but the history of University teams which have triumphed after entered gridiron, contests as the underdog is too well known to allow even the most rabid Purple supporter to be too sanguine on the result...
...majority of the correspondents in Mexico cabled last week their opinion that the Roman Catholic Church stands on the verge of defeat in its struggle against the suppressive laws of the Calles Government (TIME, Feb. 22 et seq). Reasons for the correspondents' majority opinion...