Word: lose
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wolf will ever howl. Logical, in many ways, is this theory (though it involves faith, hope and occasionally some charity regarding investment trusts and their management) but many a U. S. investor, doggedly individualistic, will doubtless continue to pick his own issues, watch his own ticker and, if necessary, lose his own shirt...
...talking parties; had met, been insanely jealous of, broken with most other red leaders?except the German banker, Friedrich Engels, his disciple and friend until death. His trustiest weapons were always flaming words and inflaming ideas. Already, before reaching England, he had proclaimed his memorable: "Proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world...
...feature match of the morning's play was that between McCarthy of Georgetown and Phillips Finlay '31. On the 17 hole they were even up, but Finlay slumped on the 18 to lose 1 up. Several of the other matches were close, but the play of the number one men attracted the most attention...
Last week Navy's crew coach Richard Glendon telegraphed to Columbia's coach: "I can't lose and may win the Navy-Columbia race." He couldn't lose because Columbia's coach is Richard Glendon Jr. Any victory would be a Glendon victory...
...Glendon Sr. did not lose his race, neither did he win it. At the end of the race Columbia's crew sat up very straight and flattened their oars as crews do when they finish first. Three lengths behind them the Navy men were still rowing. A little later they too flattened their oars but they did not bother to sit up straight. Still later, U. S. Subchaser No. 440, which had carried the Navy shells and oars from Annapolis to the Harlem River, took them back to Annapolis. Glendon Jr. did not answer his father's telegram...