Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lurked ahead, but Barnett had reason to try to avoid it. He had already made himself a hero to his fellow Mississippians, and except for the fanatics, they could hardly expect or want him to carry on any further in a struggle that he and Mississippi were bound to lose. In terms of practical politics, Barnett could quit well ahead. From across the Tennessee border, the Memphis Commercial Appeal offered him some advice: "Mississippi's government has been independent and forthright in a regrettable situation. But is it worth it if it puts a headstone over...
...bushels of Kansas wheat. But the Administration plan, for reasons not quite clear, also requires storing that exportable wheat in California, rather than Kansas. Breeding's stand is very attractive to Kansas wheat growers. It enrages Kansas' wheat storage men, who seem likely to lose a lot of business. It also enrages Bob Dole, who says: "I'm for exporting all the wheat we can sell. What I'm against is taking wheat out of storage here and storing it in [Democrat] Pat Brown's facilities in California...
...assumption held by some that Radcliffe would soon fade indistinguishably into Harvard but this was cited only to introduce my reasons for believing that the present organization of Radcliffe as a vigorous woman's college within the University has valuable potentialities which it would be most unfortunate to lose...
Thus, although judging by its present debacle the Iraqi army will probably lose most of Northern Iraq to the Kurds, the tribesmen will have great difficulty advancing south of the mountains. An eventual compromise solution between the Kurds and the central government is likely, although neither can at present agree on satisfactory terms...
...didn't lose 1600 families," replied Vellucci, who has been one of the most outspoken foes of urban renewal projects on Council. Hayes' attempt at rebuttal was brushed off by Vellucci. "You can't equate people with stones," he declared...