Word: losers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the vote was in and State Senator Elmer H. Wene (rhymes with bean), the gubernatorial choice of the Democratic Party and the last best hope of Boss Frank Hague, was a loser. New Jersey's voters, by a plurality of 80,000, had reelected able, hard-working Republican Governor Alfred E. Driscoll...
...kids around Chicago's tough, slummy Division Street had a game called Let Her Fly. It was easy to learn, and it was a dandy game because it made the winner feel good and the loser feel terrible. All the player had to do was wrap up some garbage, sneak up on his opponent and slam it in his face. But the play had to be fair & square. Just before the pitch the thrower had to yell...
Said one listener: "I bought a straight pari-mutuel ticket: Heifetz to win, Piatigorsky to place and Rubinstein to show. I damn well lost. In music like this there could not be a winner or a loser." Said another: "You didn't know whether to shout or bow your head...
...feel elated," said Winner Battle, "but I do feel it's a great victory for Virginia." Replied Loser Miller: "This is but the first round...
...Things That Breathe. Albert felt a sense of deep obligation to those who were not as well off as he. One day, when he won a friendly wrestling match with a bigger schoolmate, the loser complained: "Yes, if I got broth to eat twice a week the way you do, I'd be as strong as you are." From that time on, Albert's broth stuck in his throat. He was punished repeatedly because he refused to accept such advantages as an everyday overcoat, new gloves, or leather shoes, which poorer boys did not have...