Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...areas under the control of "the rebels" (actually Hungarian patriots), the U.N. should have sent in neutral teams (perhaps Swiss) with U.N. banners declaring every city, town and countryside neutral and free territory under the jurisdiction and protection of the U.N. at the request of the Nagy government. The defeat of Hungary is not only a defeat of a brave people but a defeat for the free world...
...World War I collapse of Turkey's Ottoman Empire. For almost 25 years the French ruled Syria as mandated territory, leaving behind some culture and much hatred. The young Republic of Syria, independent after World War II, joined the invasion of Israel in 1948 and suffered resounding defeat. Its army then seized power, has remained in the foreground through five coups and some 20 Cabinets. Out of this turmoil of political weakness has sprung the most active native Communist movement in the Arab world...
...aimless truant who ran with the back-street gangs and snarled himself into a school for wayward boys. He came out of a lower East Side gymnasium to win the 1952 Olympic middleweight championship at 17, went on through a passel of rugged amateur scraps and only one defeat in 31 professional fights...
...freshman squash team opens its season this afternoon against Phillips Academy at Hemenway Gymnasium. With one of the brightest prospects in recent years for a good season, the Yardlings should defeat a perennially weak Andover team with little difficulty...
Thus, in the end, the play's very cleverness works to its own defeat. As a result Lawrence and Lee have written a fine evening's entertainment but not a lasting addition to dramatic literature...