Word: lopsidedness
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It looked like a lopsided win for the Democrats last week when their civil rights bill passed in the House, 273-158. But looks can be deceiving: the yeas fell 17 votes shy of the 290 (two-thirds of the full House) needed to override President Bush's promised veto...
One of the shadows dimming the exuberant mood of the victory parades is the thought of the masses of Iraqi soldiers killed. In one of the most lopsided battles in history, 389 Americans were killed and 357 were wounded; other allied forces suffered 77 dead and 830 wounded. But how...
Like rival gunfighters, the National Rifle Association and Handgun Control Inc. stalked each other for months. The contest hardly seemed equal: with 2.7 million members and an annual budget of $86 million, the giant N.R.A. seemed to tower over the bantamweight gun-control group, which has only 1 million members...
"The 7-2 score looks lopsided," Harvard Coach Dave Fish said. "Nearly every singles match went into three sets, and in a couple of instances, we were down service breaks in the second set."
This was enough to finish off the best of what Nowaczyk called a "surprisingly weakened field." The club president admitted the scores should have been even more lopsided.