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Word: defeats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Crimson pitcher Roy Meears allowed the B.U. Freshmen only two hits yesterday, but the shrewd Terriers crowded them both into the seventh inning to produce the game's only run and send the Yardlings home with a 1 to 0 defeat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meears Hurls 2-Hitter But Yardlings Bow, 1-0 | 4/28/1948 | See Source »

...with sticks will line up on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock and try to better their already acceptable record of three wins and one defeat. The Yardling lacrosse team is out for blood, and a victory over Tufts' Freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Set to Bash Tufts Team Today in Lacrosse | 4/28/1948 | See Source »

Last week the Kremlin still had sent no signal. Thorez, anticipating a crashing electoral defeat for the Reds in Italy, made his own decision. He plumped for the detente. To a friend he explained: "Marty and I are different sorts of people. There is less difference between a revolutionary and a nonrevolutionary than there is between two revolutionaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Of Hands & Arms | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

Thursday afternoon the Crimson posed on the Newell Boat House float with coxswain Sam Mantel clutching the gold-encrusted Compton Cup which it defends today. Whether posing with this trophy before the race is symptomatic of sublime confidence or resignation to defeat is a matter for speculation...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Crew Opens at Princeton | 4/24/1948 | See Source »

...family allegiance momentarily last Saturday in the Stadium when he won his event and picked up five important points against the team his father coaches. Plus 25 in the field events offset a minus 17 in the running events to give the Crimson a 74 to 66 win. The defeat was Rhode Island's first in 12 years of dual competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Geoff Helps Defeat Dad | 4/22/1948 | See Source »

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