Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time (16 years) than any other jockey who ever lived, Willie Shoemaker, 33, figures his luck is mostly bad - in the Kentucky Derby, anyhow. Remember 1957, when he had the race all but won on Gallant Man, only to misjudge the finish line, stand up in the stirrups and lose by a nose? Then there was 1958, and a colt named Silky Sullivan, who couldn't run but tried; and 1960, when he rode Tompion, who could run but wouldn't try. There was Candy Spots in 1963, and Hill Rise in 1964: both were heavy favorites...
...rights in the Western sense, but neither should they fear being treated any worse than Communist citizens. Checking in at the U.S. consulate is the first thing to do in all Communist countries. As for "don'ts," the list is long: Don't criticize officials, disobey police, lose documents, carry letters for anyone, or photograph shabby people and military installations (including civilian bridges, airports and railroad stations). A Communist legal tour...
...Kerouac's prose is as erratic as before, but the woozy mid-sentence plunges from eloquence to incompetence are no longer embarrassing. It is understood-theses are written on the subject-that Kerouac refuses to rewrite on principle, and the indulgent reader is willing to let him lose...
...American fighting troops. The first two possibilities have failed; Johnson is obviously reluctant to try the third, and with good reason. Such an American offensive would unite practically the entire Vietnamese nation against the United States. America would be fighting alongside a tiny minority of South Vietnamese who would lose everything if Ho Chi Minh took over, and against everyone else...
...best circumstances, and the policy would risk eliciting open confrontation with the North. In such an event the odds are that Russia could not stand by and watch the United States fight a massive war in Vietnam without intervening. It is true that the Russians and Chinese might well "lose" the ensuing conflict. Nevertheless this entire chain of prospects seems totally repugnant to both American interests and ideals. Following the argument out to its logical conclusion suggests the incredible intellectual poverty of those who have been reduced to believing that America should undertake this course...