Word: lose
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Epps, the International Relations Council (IRC) has "missed a computer once a year," and other organizations frequently also lose property from offices on campus...
...wanted to remain competitive," Routh said."We don't want to lose out on good studentsbecause of a big discrepancy...
...used to teach current events, we consulted with educators. "Don't go there," they said with frightening unanimity. A principal in Dallas reminded me that in many school districts, teachers need permission from parents if they are going to raise the subject of sex in class. "Teachers can lose their jobs over this kind of thing," she warned...
...program, lasting 4 minutes, she doesn't think too hard about mechanics. "I try to keep the technical things in mind, but I don't think about it too much, because then you start to mess up." Kwan calls her competitive mode "emotional, yet unemotional," balancing the need to lose herself in the music and the movement yet remain in enough control to perform the difficult technical elements...
Kwan knows what it is to lose control. The previous season was one of the hardest for her. She lost three major championships, including her national and world titles, in the space of two months. The defeats devastated her. Losing the nationals a year ago was the bitterest of all. She was the favorite for the gold medal, but a few minutes into her long program, she found herself sprawled on the ice after slipping out of a jump. After the first fall came another; then she had to put a hand down on the ice to steady herself after...