Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ungainly member of an attractive family, he nevertheless generates a perverse sort of magnetism and hypnotism on those who have forgotten or never knew. Obsessed yet pitiful, cynical yet credulous, intense yet coy, this distorted Kennedy may succeed in his warped crusade, but if he wins, we shall all lose...
...force them to form a coalition government with the Viet Cong. Cried Ky: "If we have now arrived at the stage where we have to accept coalition under American pressure, that means we are going to die in the next five or six months, or at least lose the country. So it is better to lose it fighting. At least we would die with a clear conscience...
Even as late as the McCarthy period, the Globefelt forced to cling to its policy of vigorously dodging controversy. James Morgan, then editor of the editorial page, feared the Globe would lose a huge block of readers if it came out against McCarthy. He adopted a policy of silence. Says Whipple, who as an ex-Communist was no McCarthy sympathizer, "We tried to express ourselves between the lines rather than...
There are other ways to lose your money. Moving on Mass Ave, skimming the Cambridge Trust's gory window pulpit, you plunge uncomfortably into the massive inert space of Holyoke Plaza (Forbes Plaza did you know?) and a long-haired boy in a cleanly drawn face asks diffidently for some change, "I haven't eaten...
...possible, nothing is possible. Denied the abrasive stimulation of uncertainty and risk, his creativity grows sluggish. A trip to the gambling tables owned by The Firm proves to be an exercise in boredom. Life for Charlock is reduced to a finite game that, like ticktacktoe, is impossible to lose once the rules have been learned...