Word: lose
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Barad, the mother of two teenage boys, regards multimedia games as the gateway to computer literacy and views the mostly untapped girls' market with missionary zeal. "It's sad," she says, "that girls start out with an equal interest in computers, but then we lose them at six years old. My boys are online probably eight hours a day. But my goddaughters, and other girls with whom I am familiar, have never had software that is as intriguing to them as it has been for boys." Females account for about 20% of the $4.9 billion global market for games...
...plan to file libel actions, in which they may have little chance of prevailing. Attorney Wayne Grant insists, however, that "we will win these lawsuits. This is not a p.r. campaign." Yet it will certainly feel like one. Libel cases are a "nightmare" for the defendants, notes Blasi. "You lose them even if you win them." Already the reputations of the FBI and the press are suffering, and Jewell has been able to turn the media megaphone around to declare his innocence. You almost wish he'd quit now. Sign a lucrative book or movie deal and call it even...
ENID GREENE (EX-WALDHOLTZ) It is so, Joe! Criminal probe of Utah Rep is off. And she can't lose an election...
...sports, good is never good enough. There is no time to rest on one's laurels. To get complacent is to lose an edge and losing an edge is deadly...
...competitive institution such as Harvard it is easy to get so caught up in your own life that you lose touch of what is going on in the lives of the people around you. Academics, athletics and extra-curricular activities at times become over-prioritized...