Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...traveler from Brooklyn did not lose her head entirely over such exotic enchantments. The Rhine, "for all its pretty white houses and for all its musty castles, can't touch the Hudson!" She met six sheiks but was unimpressed. "I prefer a nice Yale man." Sightseeing in Alexandria was on the dull side: "If anybody at a party ever asks me if I've seen a catacomb I can say yes, but that's about all I got out of the experience...
...Alan S. Boyd warned that supersonics may prove so costly to operate that they will force U.S. airlines back on to Government subsidy. But the hurry-up argument for building a supersonic jetliner comes from the belief that unless it develops its own, the U.S. will slowly and inevitably lose its aviation-design leadership to Europe...
...field." McNamara concedes that, if he were still president of Ford, he might be concerned about the new method of evaluating each company separately. "I might not have liked it at first," he says, "but my reaction would have been, I'm sure, to buckle down and not lose the business." That is exactly the reaction he hopes to inspire in the U.S. defense industry...
...types instead of specialists. If that is so, then the Peace Corps' fundamental error was in signing the contract with the CVSF. The CVSF expected experts and did not get many. The few specialists who came to Brazil were let down by the CVSF. The Peace Corps stood to lose every way, and did. Because they were promised jobs in their "field," the corpsmen were unprepared to find other work. Instead of looking around for other opportunities, they stayed home and cursed the organization that sent them, Said Judy Draper, 23, a sology major from the U. of Tennessee...
...second half, and took several close shots that almost tied the score, but the Crimson backs were finally able to control play. Halfback passing to the line set up Ohiri's second goal, which was followed by a scoring boot from wing Sam Thompson. The Columbia team seemed to lose its nerve after the double disaster, and took no more shots in the game...