Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lose a farm bill over this one item would be stupid," reasoned a top House Democratic leader, and the party's high command agreed. So on the eve of the farm-bill debate, Freeman got the news. Instead of saddling millers and bakers−and housewives−with the subsidy, the Government would foot the bill. The cost: between $150 million and $250 million a year. The House then passed the bill, 221 to 172, and sent it to the Senate...
...issue was Article 19 of the U.N. Charter, which provides that members failing to pay their dues lose their vote in the General Assembly. The U.S. had argued that special assessments to pay for U.N. peace-keeping forces in the Middle East's Gaza Strip and the Congo were regular dues. Not so, said Russia and twelve other members, including France, South Africa and Belgium. Adamant, the U.S. let it be known as last year's General Assembly got under way that she would challenge Russia's right to vote. Result: to stave off a showdown...
Predictably, the local residents denounced Collins' proposal, under which they would still lose their homes. "It's a complete fraud, a sham," said Steven Goldin '64-4, the first resident to be evicted from North Harvard...
...Anger. The sprightliest precampaign politicking has been supplied by the fractious Free Democrats, who are desperately worried lest they win less than 5% of the vote and lose their right to sit in the Bundestag. Their advertisements forcefully remind the electorate that they have not been afraid to walk out of the Cabinet when the Christian Democrats dragged their feet. Many Christian Democrats were so infuriated by the ads that they talked of throwing the Free Democrats out of the coalition-but they relented. No one wanted to reprimand the sinners so severely that they would be tempted to form...
...most significant fact. The Russians have simply gotten better in recent years. They improved measurably in the sprints and pole vault, and regained their superiority in the distances. And, as usual, their women beat the less-experienced U.S. women. Brutus Hamilton was only the first U.S. coach to lose a meet to the Russians...