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Word: losers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Princeton's weakest football team in six years, loser of two games, but still strong enough to rate a one touchdown edge over the once-beaten varsity, opens its 1953 Big Three championship defense in the Stadium today...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Princeton Tigers Will Defend Big Three Title Against Underdog Varsity in Stadium Today | 11/7/1953 | See Source »

There was no ten-count punch in the Olson armory, but well before the end of the 15 rounds, Bobo had the title on points. Before the ring announcer could begin his portentous spiel ("The winner . . . and new Middleweight Champion . . ."), Loser Turpin dashed across the ring with a big smile and wrung the hand of Winner Olson. The new champion promptly burst into tears of happiness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: For Sugar's Crown | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

...Republican Arthur L. Padrutt, 27,929 to 21,133. The result brought out black headlines from coast to coast and some black crepe at Republican national headquarters. Many Democrats and quite a few Republicans leaped to the conclusion that the 6,796 votes that separated the winner and the loser represented a national trend. It was a long leap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTIONS: Warning from Wisconsin | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

Adams and Leverett, tied for first place in House football with Dunster, meet on the House field Thursday afternoon, knowing that a loss will drop the loser into second place. The Funsters play Lowell the same day and are expected to win easily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the House | 10/20/1953 | See Source »

...reported that Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus, the loser at Stalingrad, is now serving 25 years at hard labor in a Soviet prison camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRISONERS: Homecoming | 10/12/1953 | See Source »

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