Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...defeat of the first team in its match at the University Squash Courts on Saturday, reduces the University to a tie for third place in the race for the Metropolitan League Championship...
...addition to the defeat at the hands of Toronto. Harvard gained one victory during the vacation when it turned defeat into victory in an overtime period by downing McGill University for the first time since...
With the possible exception that S. L. Batchelder '31 may be in the defense line when the opening whistle blows, by virtue of his spectacular playing on Monday night, Harvard is expected to start the above combination. The Crimson outfit is eager to avenge the defeat earlier in the week but it will have to play superlative hockey in order to stop the brilliant attack of the Canadian forward line. In Monday night's game the Toronto defense proved to be a formidable bulwark against the Crimson offense despite the versatile showing of most of the forward linemen...
...Gentlemen, this is a fraud. Any time you give me information in order to pass or defeat legislation and that information is incorrect, that is fraud...
...early as last June, however, a group of educators formed a committee to investigate and combat propaganda. These, linked by the hysterical name of the Save-Our-Schools Committee, boldly pledged themselves "to defeat the present dangerous attack on our schools and colleges . . . an adaptation as it were of the Monroe Doctrine to the American educational world...