Word: lose
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...percent answered the survey. While this seems like an obvious example of bureaucratic waste that must be revised, there has been strong opposition to the alternative statistical sampling method. The furor against statistical sampling arose when some Republicans released a report that said that through statistical sampling, they could lose as many as 30 seats in the House. Therefore, they claim that statistical sampling could be use to gain political leverage by the Democrats, and so they have tried to poke holes into the technique...
...lower income level. For that reason, the Republican party was upset at the idea of statistical sampling. Census takers believed that this new method would compensate for those missed, and since that part of the county tends to be mostly Democratic, the Republican party felt they would lose seats if districts were redrawn. However, also included in the people missed in the Census are the rural poor, who usually tend to vote Republican, and so most people believe that few drastic changes will be necessary...
Unfortunately, the boycott has not yet been successful. However, this is no reason to lose hope or to waver in our support. The first battle seems to be in awareness: Harvard students need to be made aware that their grapes will most likely be from California, from the farms of those who refuse to listen to the call for humane treatment of their workers. The bad publicity and public-health risks that surrounded Chilean grapes in the late 80s nearly guarantees that Harvard will procure their grapes the quick and easy way, from the large and boycotted California grape producers...
...GOOD TASTE After age 70, most adults lose some sense of smell, a study finds. Taste often goes too. Result: food tastes bland, and many elderly run the risk of malnutrition--or accidental poisoning...
...LOSE FRIENDS AND IRRITATE PEOPLE...