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Word: defeated (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...City, declared in a sermon, "Our sympathies, our moral support, and whatever ever aid we can rightly give at this time must be with those who at untold cost are upholding the principles and ideals of human life in which we believe." President Seymour of Yale warned that "a defeat, complete or even partial, of the Western democracies in the present war must be regarded as a disaster of the first magnitude for this country." President Conant foresaw grim eventualities if Germany should win. "I believe that if these countries (France and England) are defeated . . . . the hope of free institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAVE CANEM | 10/18/1939 | See Source »

...result of the Williams upset defeat, several lineup changes are contemplated for the Crimson. Jim Doughty is slated to get the call at fullback, while Bill Edgar and Jim Rousmaniere will be at center back and right half respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOCCER ELEVEN MEETS TUFTS THIS AFTERNOON | 10/18/1939 | See Source »

...will have something to say about how the New York vote goes in 1940. Old-line Democrats and Republicans do not forget that the American Labor Party in 1937 gave New York City's Mayor LaGuardia his winning majority, narrowly saved Democratic Governor Herbert Lehman from defeat last year by Tom Dewey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Red Lights Out | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...sense of defeat moves very swiftly, it has no time to become tragic and explicit, and therefore suffering never quite becomes spiritual. No state is ever an end in itself, is ever scrutinized and preserved. [People] do not know the true meaning of wisdom, of evil, of peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Plausible Echoes | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...strong Williams team, a narrow field, a ball lighter than the one to which they are accustomed, and a high wind all added together to bring defeat in an overtime period to the Crimson soccer team Saturday afternoon, 3 to 2, at Williamstown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Powerful Purple Eleven Overwhelms Crimson Booters in Overtime Period | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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