Word: lose
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President agreeable? Ike. who had hand-picked Morton five weeks earlier, went along with custom, announced that he would be very pleased indeed. Added he in an uncustomary tribute to Meade Alcorn: "I sure did like that guy, and it made me so mad tohave to lose...
Suitcase Companies. This February, 1,000 tourists a day went down ships' gangways and airplane ramps (Nassau is a 55-minute flight from Miami) to lose themselves in the Bahamas' magical blend of suntan, goombay music, Beefeater Gin (at $2 a bottle), crazy straw hats and Sweet Richard's single-entendre ditties at the Cat and Fiddle Club. Commerce, which flourished briefly in the blockade-running days of the Civil War and the rum-running days of Prohibition, is again running wild. And, in a respectable way, the pirates are back...
Uneven pitching was characteristic of both teams. While Brandeis tightened up on giving away hits in the second half of the game, it yielded seven walks in the last three innings. On the other hand Harvard's Ed Wadsworth began to lose control towards the end of the game, and although he walked only five, he let the count go up to 3-2 for almost every batter in the last three innings, and got his four strikeouts early...
Additional admissions requirements might lead "to a serious decline in the quality of the Harvard student body," Dean Bender stated. He claimed that any change in policy must come with co-operation, since by acting alone, Harvard will lose many high-quality students...
Piatigorsky who alternates a tricky top spin serve with his vicious cannon ball, has yet to lose a match this spring in intra-squad play. Possessing much match experience, he plays well at the net aided by an extremely sharp volley...