Word: lose
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...runner-up Steve Forbes and captured a strong 3,410 votes (14.4 percent). While that respectable finish still didn't present a serious threat to George W., it did position her as a strong contender for the veep seat. The top spot, of course, was W.'s to lose, and with more than 31 percent of the vote, he didn't, even if his profligate spending (more than $750,000, which works out to around $100 a vote) provoked some grumbling from sixth-place finisher Lamar Alexander. (Alexander's poor showing and vanishing war chest have reportedly...
...because we're full," she said. "But others are going to lose a lot of money. This isn't what the town needs...
...because we're full," she said. "But others are going to lose a lot of money. This isn't what the town needs...
Only one person has nothing to lose at this year?s supercharged Iowa straw poll: the treasurer of the Iowa Republican Party, who?ll have raked in a cool half-million for the cause by the time voting kicks off Saturday. For the nine GOP presidential candidates frenetically bribing voters with free tickets, celebrities and tchotchkes galore -? it?s OK, it?s not a real electoral event ?- it?s pretty much do or die. For George W. Bush, who has spent about $750,000 on the event, anything less than a convincing win is a dangerous stumble. Steve Forbes, whose...
...successful day trader has to be able to stay calm while absorbing painful losses. "It's easy to get suckered into this game," says Ari Kiev, a psychiatrist and trading coach who wrote Trading to Win. "You start to lose, and you try to make it back, but you lose more. You lose the rent money and then the college money. That activates feelings of inadequacy, failure and catastrophe. You start blaming everyone but yourself. It's very destructive." Authorities believe something like that occurred with Mark Barton...