Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...maintaining a mandate was counted by the French in Syria when, for the fourth successive August, El Atrash Pasha, so-called Sultan of the Jebel Druzy area to the south of Damascus, bordering on the Arab State of Transjordania, attacked French native troops, inflicting upon them a severe defeat...
...news of the insurrection was received with considerable alarm in Paris. The Catholic press, allegedly because General Sarrail is a Freemason and a Radical, bitterly attacked him for his administration of the Syrian mandate, charging that the defeat of French troops was solely due to his negligence and mismanagement. Sarrail's friends were quick to point out that the Catholics were actuated in their bitterness by purely sectarian motives; for they had nothing but praise for Marshal Lyautey in Morocco, although, so said these critics, he was far from blameless in causing the Moroccan...
...Fascist press was silent except for one which under the headline, ORLANDO CONFIRMS AND CONFESSES LIBERAL DEFEAT IN PALERMO, confined itself to printing without comment the ex-Premier's letter of resignation...
...East vs. West matches William Johnston, whose defeat on an off-day by the dependable tennis of Dr. George King (TIME, Aug. 10) caused many sport enthusiasts to proclaim him a doddering curmudgeon, went out to contend for a place on the U. S. team with Vincent Richards. Playing with the familiar wizardry that has made him, for many years, the most popular player in tennis, he met Richards' cannonball service with flashing drives, confused his net game with precise lobs, fought through an exhausting match...
...women's tennis-Miss Helen Wills, Miss Elizabeth Ryan, Miss Mary K. Browne, Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mailory , Miss Eleanor Goss, Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup-entered the Metropolitan Women's Turf Court Championship, strode through to the round before the semi-final without defeat. Then Miss Goss, placed at No. 4 in the National ranking, was the worm that turned against Miss Mary K. Browne, No. 2, brought her down, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Miss Wills sprang to revenge her doubles partner, handily defeated Miss Goss, 6-1, 6-2. Then occurred another upset. Miss Ryan...