Word: loser
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What is this old Chinese custom (mentioned in the Aug. 3 story on the CIA) that the theoretical winner of a theoretical battle pays tribute to the theoretical loser? Or did TIME lay a 1,000-year...
...TIME scrambled an ancient egg. In China, as elsewhere, the loser pays...
...Loser. In Kansas City, Mo., accepting Donald Reikard's invitation to play poker, John Wright lost $2.50, pressed a knife against Reikard's throat and took the $2.50 back, later explained to police: "I decided I had been cheated...
...China, it is said, military intelligence became such a respected art that rival commanders sometimes parleyed, each with his spies in attendance, and worked out how a pending battle would come out if it were fought. When this was decided, the theoretical winner paid tribute to the theoretical loser, and departed the field without bloodshed...
...Motors, which both produce 2½-ton trucks, will bid against each other for the job later this month. The loser will stop production by next January. Studebaker is scheduled to be "phased out" of the program by September...