Word: lose
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...living on stolen papers, pretended to be acquaintances of a Christian family. "They took us in at a very serious risk to themselves," he says. His wife Eva glances across the table, uncertain about this new territory Andy is wandering into. "What happened to them?" she asks. "Did you lose contact with them?" He pauses. Shakes his head. "I don't know. We didn't know them that well, you know. That's the strange thing." Quiet settles over the table again. I ask, "But they did the right thing?" Grove offers a chilling display of his pragmatism. He looks...
...find my Grinch-like stance softening year by year. You can accuse the Christmas costumers of turning Christ's Mass into kitsch. Or you can see them, from a loftier perspective, as the only true celebrants of the original Christmas spirit, which we have tended to lose sight of in recent centuries. Check out the holiday's history: Dec. 25 wasn't chosen because it was the date on Jesus' birth certificate but because that was the time of the ancient Saturnalia, when all of Rome poured into the streets for days of public revelry. Even Christianity couldn't take...
...kill the last weekend before Christmas: with NFL football. And while L.I. Slim isn't expecting any tools under the tree, he's still got visions of wildcard teams dancing in his head. The challenge this week: Who still cares about their game? The care nots: Pittsburgh, who must lose to TENNESSEE by 65 points for this game to affect their playoff future. Which is why they're underdogs on the road against a good Oiler team playing for pride. Guess what: no one's got more pride than Bill Cowher. Take the three and run. And the 49ers...
Rice Will Miss Playoffs What does it profit a team to win home field but lose Jerry Rice? The Niners find out after their star receiver cracks a bone in his surgically repaired left knee during the team's 34-17 rout of the Broncos, CNNSI reports...
WINNIE MANDELA Talk about an Iron Lady. "Never apologize, never explain" is a bad policy. Plus, lose the jewelry...