Word: lose
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC To lose a war is bad enough. To lose your Swiss bank account as well looks like plain carelessness...
...extra weight to grades in advanced-placement classes. The problem is, more than half of California schools--many in poor and minority areas--don't even offer these classes. A student who aces every class offered in his high school in the barrio and ends up with 4.0 could lose out to a student from Beverly Hills who gets A's in advanced-placement classes and graduates above 4.0. It's not a bad argument. But the fact is, even if U.C. cleaned up its criteria, as long as race is not considered, the number of blacks and Hispanics...
...when the buoyant markets really are just the result of bargain hunting by a lot of speculators. Already there is evidence that Thailand, the first Asian domino to fall two years ago, is ready to declare victory and backpedal on key promised banking and other reforms. If the speculators lose faith, they will take their profits and run, and emerging markets will sink again...
...agree with your view that the heroes and icons of the century teach us how to live through their triumphs and follies. Those who are called heroes should be the people who teach us and move us even more when they lose than when they win. KOICHIRO YOSHINO Saitama, Japan...
...Since the end of rent control, we've helped many tenants to keep their homes. If they lose their homes, they're out of the city," said Bill Marcotte, the lead housing organizer for the EFZ. "We're all in the same boat, and we'd like to get out of this leaky boat together," he said...