Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...became public attractions, much as Mr. Borah's speeches in the Senate are public attractions today. On the other hand, he turned ever and anon to politics. In 1872, he supported Horace Greeley for the Presidency, and ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York. Greeley and Depew went to defeat together. In 1881, he ran for U. S. Senator from New York. After the Legislature had been deadlocked for several weeks over the election, Mr. Depew withdrew in order that the deadlock might end and New York might be represented in the Senate. In 1888, he placed Benjamin Harrison...
...bizarre, and the crowds somewhat chilly-we should at least remember that the French and American ideas of sleeping quarters differ vastly; that they consider charabancs and rough roads a daily affair, even if we do not; and that no crowd can be expected to enthuse over the continued defeat of its own representatives...
...lose, but to lose without giving one's all to win, is the only cause for ever feeling stigma in defeat. Captain Greenough and his team mates, therefore, may look back on the game with no feeling of self-accusation in being unable to accomplish the impossible. They gave their utmost--even more--and it is not their fault that it was not enough. There is no dishonor in defeat at the hands of a superior opponent...
Syracuse is picked to win the annual Intercollegiate cross-country meet over the Van Cortland course in New York City this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Penn State, Columbia, and Yale are strong contenders. Harvard, chiefly on account of the recent defeat by Yale, ranks fifth. But the fighting spirit caused by that defeat as well as the knowledge of Crimson strength displayed in previous meets, should arouse a little thoughtful attention by the Crimson's more favored opponents. Although fighting spirit is a less important factor in winning cross-country races than football games, that spirit possessed...
...University harriers are probably superior to both Columbia and Yale. The former in the Dartmouth-Columbia-Cornell-Pennsylvania meet succumbed by 11 points to Dartmouth, whose decisive defeat by the Crimson is well remembered. As for Yale, there is little doubt that if the Crimson squad had finished in the customary time period of 40 seconds, the Elis would not have been victorious ten days...