Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's freshman football team allowed unbeaten Princeton to take a. 17-0 halftime lead, then made a futile effort to play catch-up in the second half, as the Tigers sent the Crimson down to its third consecutive defeat, 23-12, at Soldiers' Field Saturday morning...
Looking even more dour than usual, Couve showed up at a rally of young Gaullists three days after his defeat and attributed the loss to pointless naysaying. "Since I represented something constructive, the answer had to be non, as always, non, the eternal non" he said bitterly. As one of only two former aides who have seen De Gaulle since his retirement (ex-Defense Minister Pierre Messmer is the other), Couve also had a few things to say publicly about the general's plans. De Gaulle realized, reported Couve, that any political meddling on his part "would make...
...peace plan the President reiterated in his talk-Vietnamization of the struggle according to a timetable he would not divulge-is consistent with this vision. American troops will continue to fight and die in Vietnam to avoid a "defeat" which so many have already acknowledged. And after our uncertain withdrawal, we will continue a costly program of aid to the South Vietnamese government and other reactionary Asian regimes at a time when money is so desperately needed to remedy domestic ills...
...Meyers was beaten on a long free kick. And although after the second period Harvard was never in any real danger of losing. Penn was bringing out the best in the Crimson with an aggressive, long-kicking game that gave the fullbacks plenty of business. Long kicks will rarely defeat a strong opponent, especially if he is playing a 4-3-3 defense. But Penn was almost forced into that strategy by the Harvard front line, with Gomez and Thomas continually threatening to break loose on the wing...
...Huskies apparently felt that the only way to defeat the Crimson was to disrupt its offensive pattern. This strategy led to an unusually rough match, but the Yardlings finesse prevailed...