Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stoical acceptance of death on the battlefield and quoted Sherwood Anderson, Joan of Arc, Shakespeare and the Bible. As the troops were eating Christmas dinner at Cu Chi northwest of Saigon, Romney made a little sermonette, suited, if for anything at all, for Good Friday. "We have to lose ourselves for others," he declared, as his audience listened in silence. "Some have to lose our lives young and some when we are older." At the Lai Khe mess hall later on, he insisted upon examining the garbage cans "because I wanted to see how much food they were eating...
...evidence, in fact, sustains the conviction that the average American knows how to handle his liquor. Strong whiskeys continue to lose popularity; bourbon is slipping even in the South. Light Scotches are In; vodka, which is odorless and tasteless and mixes with everything, now rivals gin in popularity-though the traditional martini seems to be holding its own. The drink taken on the rocks-which tastes weaker and lasts longer-is gaining. And so is the drink thoroughly diluted with such mixes as orange and tomato juice and beef broth. Most bartenders will even make a spirit-free Bloody Mary...
...information Is all from jungle observation. When Reynolds wants a closer view He's forced to study in a zoo, And there like men, the apes in cages Are prone to sulks and lethal rages, Turn homo and refuse to play With any girl who comes their way, Lose all desire to drink or dance, Fall in a catatonic trance...
...future political role of the Viet Cong. They are certain to demand several Cabinet seats, and there are those who feel that the U.S. must be just as certain to refuse. "If you give the Viet Cong the Interior Ministry," says one senior U.S. diplomat, "that means you lose. If you give them anything less, it's meaningless." But the U.S. is willing to see the Viet Cong get some political representation. The State Department has indicated as much. The V.C. certainly might be recognized as a political party, and it is not entirely out of the question that...
When it does, he is again briefed by the local R & R center (sample from Taipei: "Keep out of the buses or you may lose your wallet. Do not purchase the company of a girl for more than 24 hours at a time; they seldom look as good in the morning."). The R & R center will also arrange to rent him civilian clothes (several countries are nervous about having U.S. personnel in uniform). And then come his five carefree days, single-mindedly devoted to the pursuit of pleasure...