Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...number and picayune in detail, nevertheless set up precedents by which great decisions are made. It is essential that they be backed by a strong and consistent general policy. Likewise, the handling of our war trade with the belligerents is a herculcan job that may spell victory or defeat for our neutrality...
Reality. Early this week they and the U. S. got a conclusive tip-off that the Isolationist cause in the Great Debate was now becoming more & more a desperate attempt to stall off inevitable defeat. Michigan's Vandenberg said he was drafting a version of the Hoover-Lindbergh plan as a substitute for the arms embargo if the embargo were beaten. But Pittman was now anxious to shut off futile chitchat, limit debate, get on to perfecting and passing the bill. To this end Pittman moved to speed the legislation by scrapping the controversial go-day credit provision, substituting...
During the past ten years men of good will, trying to escape the Left-Right dilemma, have been bravely challenging defeat, whooping up democracy, deploring dictatorship, condemning war, and agreeing that not much can be done about it all. To reflective witnesses, however, even the best "liberal" thinking has seemed about as far behind the times as Montesquieu's and Jefferson's was ahead of theirs. Parkes's book catches up with history. A young (34) history instructor at New York University, previously known for a brilliant History of Mexico and for a few remarkably lucid essays...
...Cashman of the American: "Having seen both Pennsylvania and Harvard play this year, I feel that Harvard is a much better offensive team, and though they are still untested, I think they have enough ability to defeat Pennsylvania...
Winthrop's Puritan football team lifted itself into a tie with Dudley for first place in the House League by smashing Dunster 12 to 2 yesterday afternoon. Lowell, at the same time, was handing 5-2 to 0 defeat to Leverett while Dudley's powerhouse. In a practice game, smashed the Dormitory team by a 25 to 0 score...