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Word: loser (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Three-Time Loser | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Cifford F. Thompson, | Title: The Gentle Tiger | 12/17/1953 | See Source »

...Crimson nets, sophomore Charlie Flynn turned back 20 of 21 loser pucks in his first varsity start...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sextet Crushes Providence College; Nets Eight Goals in Second Period | 12/9/1953 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Budget Shows '52-'53 Deficit For University | 11/14/1953 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Nov. 9, 1953 | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

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