Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...yard touchdown play that put the Big Red ahead for the first time all afternoon, 18 to 16. It hardly mattered that McKelvey passed to John Sadusky in the end zone for two more points; the varsity had lost after building up a seemingly insurmountable lead. The defeat, shocking and demoralizing in its suddenness, had a profound effect on players, coaches, and spectators that did not disappear for a long time...
...varsity cross country squad will have a chance to vindicate itself this afternoon when it meets Penn and Columbia at New York's Van Cortlandt Park. Last Saturday the Crimson went down to the worst defeat of coach Bill McCurdy's reign, and Penn has the potential to hand the varsity its second straight loss...
...loyalty oath will be difficult to defeat. It is politically profitable to a majority of Congressmen, and defense in emotional patriotic terms is very easy. Only by making its opinion felt in papers and colleges throughout the nation, by mobilizing the hitherto silent leaders of state colleges, and by communicating directly with the administrations of other universities can Harvard accomplish anything...
...offense disappeared, while the varsity got off several good shots. Only the alert play of Cornell's Scotty Holmes in the goal staved off disaster. As the fourth quarter wore on, however, it seemed that the Crimson's domination of play might not be enough to defeat the exhausted...
...failure of the liberals--their direct defeat in housing, airport, education, and labor legislation along with their inability to inaugurate any comprehensive program--brings up the perennial questioning of the organization of Congress and the major parties, but it also calls into question the liberal ideology. Complaints that complacency among the voters merely found reflection in Congress may perhaps be sufficient explanation, but the voters evidently were not complacent last fall. The appearance maybe that a prosperous America prefers immoblisme to dynamism. Professor Schlesinger may argue that liberalism is cyclical in this country but it had better find a solid...