Word: lose
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...That's why we lose so few people fromHarvard," Rudenstine added. "Most of them couldmake quite a bit more money elsewhere...
Money, in its various forms, is one of the main subjects of noir: how people get it, use it, keep it, lose it, steal it, and above all kill for it. The world of noir is populated by gangsters, heiresses and thieves. The detective's work is usually motivated more by the promise of hard cash than anything else, though there are exceptions (notably Ellroy's haunted policemen in The Big Nowhere and The Black Dahlia). Now, as in the '40s when noir was at its peak, the economy is booming in an uprecedented way. Perhaps the consequences of money...
...Brown hung with Princeton last weekend and they have nothing to lose," said sophomore Keith Cynar. "Also, right now there's nothing they would like better than to beat...
...shambling, his eyes glazed and his speech slurred. He rules like a czar--from on high, without much attention to detail, and by decree. Like Brezhnev, Yeltsin has no intention of stepping down, and the people around him will do anything to keep him in power, lest they lose their own. Last week they launched what may be their campaign for re-election in 2000 by shoving aside the most potent rivals to the President...
...Publishing has changed profoundly over the past 30 years," says Morgan Entrekin, publisher of independent Grove/Atlantic. "It has gone from being entrepreneurial, impresarial and academic to being run like a media business. I know I will lose money on half my front list, but those are my favorite books to publish." Significantly, Grove/Atlantic never had a No. 1 best seller until Cold Mountain, last year's breakout hit by first-time author Charles Frazier...