Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...races-the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth). The group liked No. 5 in the seventh race, "back-wheeled" by coupling it with each of the eight horses running in the sixth race. They bought two $10 tickets on each combination for a total investment of $160. They could not lose the sixth, since every horse was covered. And when No. 5 took the seventh, the group perked...
Hailed as "the greatest man in the world" by Yemeni President Abdullah Sallal, Nasser inspected "the battlefronts of freedom." However many men he may lose, Nasser pledged, "their reward lies with God." Then he flew back to Cairo, where he was to discuss the Yemen conflict with Crown Prince Feisal, newly installed Regent of Saudi Arabia, Nasser's longtime archfoe. No longer. In a recent interview, Nasser allowed that he was now "very happy" with the Saudi Arabian regime. He will be even happier if the talks with Feisal end in a face-saving solution for the stalemate...
...York Yankees, perennial kings of the American League, lost their opener - with Whitey Ford pitching, no less - went on to lose the next two games as well. "I'm not worried," insisted Manager Yogi Berra. But he should have been. Baseball's numerologists came up with the fascinating information that the Yankees, winners of 28 pennants, have never won in a year that ended with a four...
...there's nothing but vitriol in her typewriter." Movie Director John Huston calls her "the best reporter I've ever known." Says Bill Mauldin, Chicago Sun-Times cartoonist: "Anybody who holds still for an interview by her is taking an awful chance, because he could very well lose a lot of skin." These contradictory observations stem from a common experience. Conrad, Huston and Mauldin all held still for interviews by Lillian Ross. Their names appear, amid a host of others, in her latest book, Reporting (Simon & Schuster; $6.50), an anthology of articles that first appeared...
Howell, at number three, is as weak a point as you get on this Princeton team. He's big, strong, and experienced--but erratic. He lost at Miami, 6-1, 6-0, lost a challenge match to Jennings, 6-1, 6-2, and could lose to Harvard's Chum Steele today if Steele is on top of his own on again-off again game...