Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...demanded a quick political solution to the war. The Ivory Coast's Arsene Usher asked that the U.S. make "a lofty gesture by ending the bombings," and even Assembly President Abdul Rahman Pazhwak of Afghanistan argued that only a nation as powerful as the U.S. could afford to lose face in the interests of peace. Yet why should the U.S. be the only party in the war to make concessions? Foreign Minister Joseph M.A.H. Luns of The Netherlands had the bitter answer: "It is a well-established practice of totalitarian regimes that they declare themselves prepared for negotiations provided...
...best treatment." Taking the opposite view, Robert Allen, editor of the Journal of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, argues that "doctors simply don't understand the new machinery. Often they feel threatened. A machine between them and their patients tends to make them lose confidence in themselves...
First came the Los Angeles Dodgers, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates by three games with only five to play, thanks to Don Drysdale, who blanked the St. Louis Cardinals on four hits, 2-0-for his fourth straight victory and second straight shutout since suddenly coming to life after losing 16 of his first 25 decisions. Then the Dodgers really seemed to be pretending when they got blanked 2-0 themselves by a 22-year-old Cardinal rookie named Larry Jaster, whose only claim to fame is that he can't seem to lose to Los Angeles. He loses often...
...rival, Southern California. When Prothro quit a secure job (63 victories, 37 defeats in ten years) as head coach at Oregon State and moved to U.C.L.A. last year, he inherited a team that had won only ten of its last 30 games. "Tommy did not come to U.C.L.A. to lose," commented a Los Angeles sportswriter, "but he'll learn...
...working in the criminal system and doing research about crime. Great efforts are now under way to get more able lawyers into criminal practice. This is a hard and slow process because now the pay and prospects are poor, and since even the able defense lawyer is destined to lose most of his cases, deciding on such a career has similarity to being condemned to spend the rest of one's days with the Boston...