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Word: losers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that could prevent entire agreement with the decision of the Administration to sell arms to the Federal government of Mexico and continue the embargo on all shipments to the rebels. In the case of a country chronically torn by civil war, the populace is the eventual loser thru the wholesale destruction of property and the gain to law and order through a speedy settling of the strife is certainly of primary importance to the United States as well, with its large commercial interest in danger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BIG STICK | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

...himself. There were, of course, other opponents for the same reason?Iowa's Dickinson who would have liked to be U. S. Vice President and who is the righteous champion of the farmers; Mississippi's ranting Rankin?more Democrats than Republicans, since the South will be a relative loser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Stolen Seats | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

Rothstein was the big loser. At the end of the sitting he had to give his IOU for $349,000. He gave another IOU for $49,000 in cash lying on the table, which he shoved into his pocket. "See you later," he told them, and went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In Room 349 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

...enough to lift the trophy. As few expected, the Britishers lost all but one of the twelve matches. Dentist-Golfer T. A. Torrance, Scotch by birth, English in residence, was the only British winner. Onetime U. S. amateur-U. S. open champion Chick Evans was the only U. S. loser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Sep. 10, 1928 | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

...some, however, Mr. Scoville may have outdone himself. His style is well illustrated in the following excerpt: "There under the seven stars of the bear began a battle great and grim with the half eaten carcass for the purse and death the loser's share...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOKENDS | 3/31/1928 | See Source »

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