Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Goldwater's problem is that he could lose most of that strength in a twinkling. Some delegates are bound to Barry only for the first ballot, after which they can vote for anybody. Others are only loosely pledged to him, could desert him even before the convention to climb aboard somebody else's bandwagon...
...workers would evoke sympathy from the majority. But many incidents are not reported in the press. The few that have been have had no palpable effect. The movement can no longer count on the white community's conscience. Thus total nonviolence, in the face of provocations this summer, will lose its appeal...
...view) and wins that battle in a rout. Later the other side borrows a tractor as the escalation continues. The buttons are essential to the business because prisoners are tied to a tree and ceremoniously have all their buttons cut off. As their pants fall and tears flow, they lose any semblance of honor...
...Touch of the Dog. "What will die with me when I die, what pitiful or perishable form will the world lose?" Borges wonders, recalling childhood friends and memories. "The voice of Macedonio Fernández? The image of a roan horse on the vacant lot at Serrano and Charcas? A bar of sulphur in the drawer of a mahogany desk...
...number two match could be the day's most exciting or it could be a onesided romp. The Crimson's erratic Chum Steele, at times a player of dazzling ability and at times almost baffingly off form, was the only Crimson player to lose against Columbia, and he almost lost against Brown. Steele will meet a player as erratic as himself today in Penn's Bailey Brown, a gigantic, powerful, temperamental player...