Word: lose
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...contest's outstanding performances by playing and winning two singles and one doubles match in one day. In singles, he defeated Eli three-letter-man Gene Scott 6-4, 6-3. He then whipped Swing Meyer in the extra quarter-finals match. The only player to lose for Harvard was William Post, Jr., who after taking the first set, lost the last two to Meyer, 6-0, 6-1. The doubles pairs of Dwight Davis and Tuckerman, and Benkard and John Davis, won quickly, losing no more than two games...
...something on everybody ("Everybody knows Manny Davis--except Mrs. Manny Davis"). Yet he appears on television each afternoon, spreading the American Gospel: "Our best secret weapon is D-E-M-O-C-R-A-C-Y." His weakness is his devotion to Suzy, whom he doesn't want to lose. When he finally does, one feels very satisfied...
...Insisted that an "embezzler should lose what he owned as well as what he stole," authorized confiscation of all personal property of Batista and hundreds of officials connected with him-including all Congressmen, mayors, governors, Supreme Court justices, all armed-forces officers who supported Batista's 1952 coup...
Yale will lose all but captain Sam Howe from its excellent top six and will probably not be much of a contender in any respect next winter. The Crimson will lose four men by graduation, but the fact that Gerry Emmet, Tim Gallwey and Fred Vinton will be returning from the top five coupled with the arrival of freshman star Romer Holleran in the varsity ranks should give Harvard the best top five in the country, although Princeton could surprise...
During the ceremonies between the two meets, Kiphuth remarked in speaking of the Yardling victory that "what happened a few minutes ago wasn't exactly fitting, but if we have to lose, it's great to lose to Harvard...