Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...could have wished for a further development of the concluding suggestion that oftentimes neither dissenter nor defender speaks any substantial words. It is easy to lose faith in both left and right when all the observer hears are emotion-laden cliches that signify nothing...
...Arab forces combined. His military interests, furthermore, lie not in Israel but in Yemen and in the South Arabian Federation, which is due to receive its independence from Britain next year. Despite his reluctance, however, Nasser had no choice but to respond to the Syrian S O S-or lose what little prestige he still has as the leader of the Arab left...
Barking at the Sun. In Szechwan, there were no gains to lose. Large, populous (80 million) and strongly separatist, Szechwan represents a challenge to Mao's central authority and to the validity of the Cultural Revolution. Its political and military boss since 1952 has been tough Politburo Member Li Ching-chuan, 59, who earlier tacitly aided the anti-Maoists and was linked with Red Army Marshal Ho Lung, a onetime warlord and bandit, in a purported plot to depose Mao last February...
...Senate also recommended a continuation of deferments for college students until they attain their degree, reach 24 years of age, or lose their college standing...
...officials check the quality of the food. The watch is careful, the punishment effective. Once, a market kibitzer recalls, a careless, stoop-shouldered vendor left a pushcart of tomatoes exposed to a fall frost. Although he knew that the centers of the vegetables had frozen, he was unwilling to lose a week-end take that might have amounted to $200. But, the next morning, when he tried to bluff his way past the officials, one kick by a robust inspector sent the frozen tomatoes pounding down the street like red rubber balls...