Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...policy in Asia for years has been to lose the country but keep its leader. Your [Aug. 9] cover story may convince the foggy minds in Foggy Bottom that the only sensible course is to lose Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu and try to keep South Viet...
Whether Senator Goldwater can beat President Kennedy in the next election is an open question, but there is little doubt that Goldwater can carry the South and-win or lose-can break the chains with which the Democratic politicians have bound that section for so long. A Republican who can revive the two-party system in the South will deserve the everlasting thanks of the Republican Party and, indeed, of the nation...
...surfing goes but like to immerse themselves in the dense jargon of the in group. To all, "baggies" are the loose-legged boxer swim trunks worn by the boys. "Hot dogging" is either class-A surfing or show-off stuff. To "take gas" or "wipe out" is to lose a board in the curl of a wave and land in the foamy "soup...
...have made an interesting movie out of them. Almost all of them are bizarre or shocking or pathetic in themselves. Those sections which fall within the normal range of experience are made to seem extraordinary by comparison. For example, shots of middle-aged women trying desperately to lose weight in a Vic Tanny gymnasium are preceded by films of a New Guinea tribe where the prettiest women are shut in cages and fattened to 270 pounds, after which they join the headman's harem...
...last year. The Mets finished last by 60½ games. This year the bloom is off the sage. Big crowds still turn out when the Dodgers come to town, or the San Francisco Giants. But only 6,505 paying customers were on hand last week to see the Mets lose to the Houston Colts, 8-0-their 16th loss in 17 games. From somewhere amid the blank spots in the bleachers came a plaintive cry of disgust: "Casey Stengel is a fink...