Word: lose
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...resolution's probable failure and the bank's reluctance to change its stance on South African loans would create a moral issue, Gardiner said, adding that he did not give a damn whether we make or lose money" selling the stock...
Another three-year veteran, senior Paul Templeton, echoes Gardiner's warnings. "It's all on the line for them here. If they lose, the season's just about over for them...
...investing them with emotion, he throws them together and mixes them up, like a Chinese chef tossing ingredients into a wok. Bloom allots most of his characters at least one dream in each chapter, filled with mystic beasts and numbers and events. The symbolic overkill is sure to lose all but the most persistent reader, and confuse the author's theories as well...
Otherwise, the ARCO connection may well cast doubt on the Forum's integrity. The Forum may lose potential speakers who object to the political implications of the platform's name. Jackson doesn't believe this has happened and has no reason to think it will, but he conceded it is "conceivable." It is true that some liberals and labor leaders have spoken at the Forum already; perhaps it is too early to judge this possibility. In any event, guests of the School should not be put in the positions of having to speak under a name that may be anathema...
Finally, even if the name has not yet influenced the Forum's agenda, it may nevertheless lose credibility because of that possibility and gain the reputation of having a pro-business tilt...