Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fact that their conciliatory foreign policy had resulted in a change of international atmosphere in Europe. They said that there was now no more peremptory dictation to Germany, but negotiation among equals, as shown during the London negotiations last summer. This argument has been rudely shattered since the defeat of Labor, the return to power of the Conservatives in England, and the consolidation of the conservative opponents to Herriot in France...
...Freshman basketball quintet met its first defeat of the season on Saturday, when Hebron Academy won a bitterly contested game...
...Jones. The change has been imminent for some time, as something was needed to bolster the attack which has been the chief trouble so far this season. Not only does this change give the quintet added height and weight, factors which were by no means unimportant in the Columbia defeat, but it will practically double the scoring power of the forward line. Jones' passing and clever floor-work will undoubtedly be missed tonight, but Leekley is a greater scoring threat, and so far in practice has worked well with Smith...
...schoolboys come to Boston with a veteran team and an impressive record of one defeat in two years. The goal guard is the only newcomer in the Kent line...
...defeat of Representative Blanchard's petition ends for the present the possibility of political meddling with University affairs. Harvard must control its own destiny, and stand or fall as an institution of higher learning according to its own deserts...