Word: staked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York, the University Club was victorious for the fourth time. Although only three wins are required for permanent possession of the trophy offered by the University Glee Club of New York City, the Crimson singers came out ahead in the first contest in which no prize was at stake, but Saturday night's victory gives the cup to the University Glee Club permanently. Dartmouth received honorable mention in the contest, in which eight colleges competed...
Grand Challenge Cup at Stake...
...well-known. The last days of any Congress are a heetic political scramble in which proportion and discretion are usually lost sight of. Indifference to vital interests has meant the indefinite postponement of too many bills. In the present case, however, there are not only dollars, but lives at stake. It seems incredible that Congress, even though it be nearing its last meeting, should overlook this fact...
...open shop, which he considers as necessary to the success of the industrial system as the right of collective bargaining. Australia, he believes has found that compulsory arbitration is a fruitful breeder of strikes rather than a preventive of them. Australian industrial experience has shown that rather than stake their claims on a court which may quite likely decide against them, union leaders find it more advantageous to strike directly, knowing that the law can not be adequately enforced against them. Since Australia has already passed through the stage in which the United States finds itself in regard to labor...
...they are taking this defeat after they had become so used to winning after almost four years of continuous victories. It is easy to be a good winner but it is hard to be a good loser, especially when possibly your whole reputation is at stake. However, 1 believe that we have shown the people around this section that we can give any team a fight for its victory...