Word: loser
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...presidential candidates in the 1952 election drew a prison term last week. The loser: Vincent Hallinan, 57, high-fee San Francisco lawyer, who got 140,138 votes for President on the ticket of the Communist-backed Progressive Party. The sentence: $50,000 fine and 18 months' imprisonment for evading $36,739 in federal income taxes...
...than mere exercise. As every practice begins, he performs the age old courtesy of holding his eyes and blade in a steady salute to his opponent, a rite recalling the time when a man was judged by his conduct on the fencing strip. Marion would rather have a gentlemanly loser than an ungracious winner...
...Crimson nets, sophomore Charlie Flynn turned back 20 of 21 loser pucks in his first varsity start...
...biggest single loser was the Committee on Athletics which went $456,189.75 into the red. Last year the Committee lost over $466,000. But the present figure represents a much bigger loss than those accumulated two and three years...
...defeating Texas Christian 25-7; Illinois, a top Big Ten entry, which beat Purdue 21-0; and West Virginia, now holder of the U.S.'s longest (twelve game) major-college undefeated streak, which edged Penn State 20-19. In one of the week's stunners, lowly Oregon, loser in four straight Pacific Coast Conference games, knocked haughty Southern California. Rose Bowl champion, from the unbeaten ranks 13-7. Another reversal came when Dartmouth, loser of seven straight, trounced undefeated Yale 32-0. ¶At Camden, N.J., far outdoing California's golden purses, the Garden State Park track...