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Word: lose (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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They also do not stand to lose. In deciding which and how many books to order, professors have the most control over how expensive their course materials...

Author: By Michael L. Shenkman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Budgeting 101 | 12/1/1998 | See Source »

...thought I had every possible reaction to your editorials--agreement, disagreement and quibbles. Never before have I written in response to an editorial, but I must write to express my dismay at your editorial of Nov. 23 in which you offered the opinion that the football team "deserved" to lose to Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football Editorial Insulting | 12/1/1998 | See Source »

...team--your team--gave a tremendous effort all season, with mixed results. Those of us who attended the Yale game recognize that by most measures Harvard outplayed Yale--in a game that saw its share of errors, bad luck, reversals of fortune and redemption (for Yale). Harvard did indeed lose, but our team played its heart out, as did Yale. You should be ashamed of yourselves for that editorial. MARLYN McGRATH LEWIS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football Editorial Insulting | 12/1/1998 | See Source »

...often. Early this year I suggested tilting toward bonds because stocks were overvalued and lower interest rates seemed likely. Some wags would call that timing. I call it adjusting to the shifting balance of risk and opportunity. Besides, investing should be at least some fun, or you will lose interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tisch's Bad Bet | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...casinos of Las Vegas actually lose money during the week of Comdex. The annual high-tech event is by far the country's largest trade show, with more than 200,000 people showing up this year. For a week some of the wiliest folks from the world's richest and most powerful companies drop in on a place that specializes in separating fools from their money. Every night the pocket-protector crowd flocks to the gaming tables, and you can see the pit bosses tense up. If ever there was a time to suspect that someone at, say, the roulette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Next Year's Model | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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