Word: lose
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...feel like given the amount of money we pay for food, you shouldn't lose the money if you miss a meal. You should be able to eat three times a day at your convenience, not theirs," he says...
...among the majority of those readers, you wouldn't know how much Sunday was a day of redemption for Pete Albers. With the Crimson up 1-0 in the seventh, Albers led off with a double, and was subsequently picked off--Harvard would lose 2-1, as Albers would also make the final...
...this time. Deep Blue's victory is not our defeat. It should simply challenge us to reaffirm the importance of human creativity in our lives. As the technological revolution continues and as all of us leave here to fight its battles, we would do best not to lose sight of our most impressive and powerful asset: the human spirit...
...theory is that the tobacco industry enjoys enormous price elasticity--i.e., it can raise prices on its addictive product and not lose sales. In England a pack of smokes goes for nearly $5, vs. less than $2 in the U.S., and yet they still have plenty of smokers. But tobacco users are more price sensitive than you might imagine. Canada in 1994 had to repeal a stiff tobacco tax that had pushed prices past $5 a pack because a violent black market developed. U.S. consumption peaked at 640 billion cigarettes in 1981, which is when the industry started raising prices...
...soul. She taught me to read, then drove me around town to show off my talents to her friends. She bought me caramels--the good, chewy ones--with the last of her Social Security check. She never liked sports but nevertheless drove 200 miles to watch me pitch--and lose--the Little League state championship. Her pep talk afterwards soothed my battered...