Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which the preparation for the Yale debate will come and the fact that it is the only dual contest Harvard has with Yale will assure large and successful trials. Everything will be done to win it. But if we lose the Princeton debate we shall have had two defeats in succession, one by each of our rivals; and the combination will strike a very hard blow at our reputation in debating. If, on the other hand, we won the Princeton debate and lost to Yale it would be thought that Yale had come up in debating rather than that...
...defeat Saturday, while not wholly unexpected, was a severe disappointment to us all. But the remarkably strong defensive work, particularly in the first half of the game, of an eleven so weakened to start with by injuries, convinces us that Harvard has a very strong eleven, and that if no more serious injuries occur, it will end the season with a victory November...
...defeat can not be explained away however. The touchdowns were not made on "flukes" or lucky plays. The whole game was one of clean, careful, and closely contested, "football, and Princeton won because she had the better team...
...will of the people. (1) On adopting the constitution New York declared against third terms. (2) Popular expression at end of Jefferson's second term was against it. (3) The fear of a third term for Grant in '75 caused a great popular outcry. (4) Grant's defeat for the nomination in '80 was caused by the same fear...
...practice, and also that they may be in good physical condition for Saturday's game. The result of the game with Cornell was rather in the nature of a surprise, as no one expected that the team would roll up such a score. It was expected that we would defeat Cornell, but by a much smaller score. The reason given by experts is that Cornell was weakened by the loss of two men who received injuries in the Harvard game of the previous week, and not the wonderful work of the Princeton team. The work of the team...