Word: losed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact, universities receive their hallowed place in our society precisely because they are perceived as places where absolute truths and values are taken seriously. They cannot go around changing their minds left and right because of very businesslike calculations on union relations. Universities will lose their legitimacy if they become self-interested players like any private corporation, which Bok basically admitted last week...
...lose Saturday, Harvard will finish third in the Ivy League. The championship was decided a week earlier than the Crimson would have liked--Princeton and Dartmouth finished their seasons with wins last weekend, giving both a share of the league crown...
...section leader's ability to direct the discussion, by intimidating the teaching fellow and the students and discouraging students to volunteer unconventional thoughts. Packed sections preclude give-and-take; leaving most students with only one chance to speak during the entire hour. With little personal involvement, students quickly can lose interest and lower their expectations for the discussions...
...Browns lost, of course. The final score: 30-7. Better this way, I suppose, than to lose on a length-of-the-field, overtime comeback, a feat the Broncos performed in the 1986 AFC championship game; or to lose on a fumble inside the five-yd. line, a crime the Browns committed against Denver in last year's league championship...
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I detect an element of masochism in Boston baseball fans. Baseball-minded Bostonians, I think, take a certain pleasure in watching their team lose. They feed on heartbreak. The Red Sox are an annual Greek tragedy. Rise, fall and catharsis...