Word: losers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Afterwards, Winner Sabath and Loser Cox grinned happily for the photographers. "I have a genuine affection for Adolph," beamed Cox. "I really love him." "I'm sorry too," said Sabath. "Gene is really a capable gentleman...
...Democrats, in the gloomy summer of 1948, money was hard to come by. Even tried & true contributors of other years were reluctant to bet on what seemed to be a sure loser. Then Louis Johnson stepped in, raised enough money ($1,500,000) to pay for Harry Truman's whistle-stop campaign. Some of the men on whom Johnson put the bite were longtime Democrats; some were strong for one plank or another in Harry Truman's platform; some simply found it good business to be on good terms with the Administration (as others were supporting the G.O.P...
...horse doesn't win this race," said white-haired Clifford Mooers with a grin, "my face will be as long as that post. I'm not a very good loser." Then Cliff Mooers climbed to his box in the stone grandstand at Keeneland track. The odds board showed that his horse, a long-barreled chestnut named Old Rockport, was 4-5 to win the $20,000 Blue Grass Stakes, his last big test race before the Kentucky Derby...
...blanket finish, with little more than a length separating all four: Mrs. Royce G. Martin's Halt, J. A. Kinard Jr.'s Johns Joy, Greentree's Wine List and -fourth-Old Rockport. Hard-Loser Cliff Mooers had a grin on his face. Said he: "We can afford to lose this...
...weeks after he wrote a syndicated newspaper column on the death of his dog, Socialist Norman Thomas, six-time loser as a presidential candidate, studied his booming fan mail, ruefully concluded that "I might get more votes as a dog lover than as a Socialist...