Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bogey of every state legislator who opposes the creation of a federal Department of Urban Affairs. The cities may be forced to bypass the state governments, which show little interest in their unique problems, and go directly to Washington for financial help. If that day comes, the states may lose their control over the big cities, thus eroding the U.S. system of federal-state government. In New York, there is the old proposition of seceding from Albany and joining the Union as a separate state; the city already has a population that exceeds that of 43 states...
Another difficulty is the electrons' habit of losing much of the energy that is stuffed into them. When electrons move in a magnetic field, they turn some of their energy into "synchrotron radiation" that shoots off like mud slinging off a wheel. The more energy they have, the more they radiate away. When they have been fattened to about 1 billion electron-volts (or 1 BEV, as physicists call it), they begin to radiate visible light. At 2 BEV, they radiate the more powerful ultraviolet rays. At 4 BEV, they radiate X rays, losing several million electron-volts...
...foreign aid, military assistance to U.S. allies, and the cost of maintaining U.S. troops overseas-all of which added up to $16.6 billion last year. Things have improved somewhat since 1960, when the nation lost a jarring $1.7 billion worth of gold. But the fact that the U.S. was losing gold this month-when it actually gained some gold in March a year ago-had Washington newly uneasy last week. Even if the total gold drain for 1962 could be held to the 1961 level of $700 million, as the Administration expects, there would be no cause to cheer...
...surprisingly, the sentences soon lose their short-story-class sterility, and become tauter and fresher. Before long, Price is writing his own wry, amusing novel, and doing it well. Rosacoke is a likable, skillfully drawn character-young and gangly-pretty, bright enough to see the sour humor in being, as she is, a good girl...
...girl dies of carbon monoxide fumes while making love in a parked car, and her boy friend is properly distraught. He first tells of his eternal devotion to her corpse. She answers from Above that he must concentrate on her soul because the dead body is sure to lose its appeal. Not quite convinced, the boy soon gets the "Rigor Mortis Blues." Finally, he appeals to God to let him join the girl in heaven. God, always receptive to realiable pleas from teenagers, nods...