Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...punting, although important, cannot win or lose a game. To say that Vandersea's punt sealed the fate of the contest Saturday is too much like Marxist mono-causalism; it is saying too much. A single dropped pass could have made the difference...
...blinding genius. To pitch the first game, Alston called on Veteran Lefthander Johnny Podres, bad back, so-so record (13 victories, 10 losses) and all. The slugging Cards got only three hits (including a home run by Stan Musial), and the Dodgers won, 3-1. "We hated to lose that first game," admitted Cardinal Manager Keane. Gritted Musial: "We've got to win the next...
...trees. But after tasting quick profits with the glamour stocks of the 1950s, thousands of amateurs-from house wives to retired mailmen-are trying for even quicker profits in the fitful, fickle commodity futures. Sales on the Chicago exchange have risen 80% in three years. Most often the amateurs lose, but the tales of what might have been keep them coming back like horserace fans after a daily-double killing. They were also betting last week that the troubles in Malaysia would send rubber futures climbing, that rain and winds in the Midwest would hurt the soybean harvest, and that...
...does, however, indicate a certain unseemly confidence on the part of U-Mass, for few teams take color movies of contests they plan to lose: it just doesn't make good viewing for alumni, even in color. Rumors seeping into Cambridge from the west indicate that U-Mass hopes to use the technicolor record of their victory as the basis of a new documentary about their illustrious institution...
...team loses, the primary cause will be the U.S. team itself. McKinley is a reliable player, but after him the team is as inconsistent as a racquet with broken strings. If they play well, the Aussies may not win a match, and if they play poorly, not even Bob Kelleher's intuition can save the Americans It's even possible, though most unlikely, that they could lose the match with England. With this team, not even the certain is certain...