Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...marked by two main but contradictory trends: periodic rises in tax rates and, at the same time, increasing tax exceptions for certain industries, organizations and individuals. The tax-reform bill adopted last month by the House of Representatives moves in quite the opposite direction, and those who stand to lose by it-among them Wall Street corporations, the oil industry, and universities and hospitals-have been deluging Washington with complaints. Last week, as the Senate Finance Committee began considering the measure, the Nixon Administration presented its own, less stringent tax recommendations, informing Congress that some of the House reforms...
...half of the Harris respondents opt for TV, as against the one-third who prefer newspapers. However, when Harris asked, "How upset would you be if your main news source were to become unavailable for a month?", the result was reversed: 44% said they would be "very upset" to lose their newspaper but only a third would be very upset over a one-month loss of their favorite television news broadcast...
...would undoubtedly be a fan of the New York Mets. So would Sir Francis Bacon ("Adversity is not without comforts and hopes"). So is anyone with the slightest sympathy for the underdog, the smallest shred of a sense of futility, the least understanding of how it feels to lose, and lose, and lose...
...Rookie Jim Quails in the ninth inning spoiled his bid for what would have been the eleventh perfect game since professional baseball began 100 years ago. Cub Manager Leo Durocher was roundly unimpressed. The next day, when the Mets committed two errors in one inning and went on to lose to the Cubs 6-2, Durocher, who is neither magnanimous in victory nor mellow in defeat, smugly observed: "Those were the real Mets...
Since the film consists of one damnable bungle after another, it tends to lose its comic momentum, but there are enough insanely funny moments to sustain the picture. One bank robbery goes excruciatingly awry when Allen and the bank teller get into a testy debate about whether the piece of paper Allen has shoved through the teller's window does or does not read: "I have a gub." Allen's gub is forthwith confiscated, and he begins one of several jail sentences...