Word: defeats
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Peter and Paul Palandjian advanced to the finals of their respective divisions only to meet defeat at the hands of Yale and Dartmouth...
...onslaught continues. In one recent editorial in this paper, a writer ignoring the history of this issue at Harvard marked Bok's recent announcement as a virtual admission of defeat by Harvard and as a total contradiction of earlier stances. For the record, this is groundless...
...majestic tolling" of church bells and is "glad to get away from it all." Understandably: Silber is a German spy who will retain his cover long enough to return home. In Berlin, Albert Einstein writes to his mother, "Only now do I begin to feel at ease. The defeat has worked wonders...
Half a lifetime ago, he suffered the worst electoral defeat in modern presidential politics when he was swamped by F.D.R. in 1936. But ever since, it seems, Alf Landon has been a winner in people's hearts. Certainly there were many happy returns last week as hundreds turned out in Topeka to help the former Kansas Governor (1932 to 1936) celebrate his 98th birthday. President Reagan phoned to wish him well. Vice President George Bush came to visit. Landon's daughter Republican Senator Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas, 53, was there also. Students from Topeka's Landon Junior High School serenaded...
...early going has been rough for the green Lions, who suffered a 4-2 defeat to an unheralded Fordham last Wednesday. The loss squared Columbia's record at 1-1 after the New Yorkers topped Loyola in the season-opener...