Word: losers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kentucky Democrat, were "like the mountain boy who courted the same woman for 20 years. When she finally gave in, he sat down and cried because he was afraid he might do something wrong." All over the country, people were paying off election bets. In Lowell, Mass., one loser let himself be bombarded by custard pies; in Alabama, a girl ate the front page of the pro-Ike Montgomery Advertiser (after burning it and dunking it in coffee...
...biggest single loser was the Committee on Athletics, which went $466,352.26 in the red. This deficit exceeds the 1950-51 figure by $150,000 and that of 1949-50 by more than...
...first downs, its offense left a lot to be desired. Worcester was able to stop almost every long Crimson drive, once pushing the Yardlings back despite a first and goal to go. The second touchdown, in fact, was the result of a Maroon backfield fumble on the loser's ten yard line...
...that Holohan was murdered because he had refused to supply money and arms to Communist guerrillas; under the urging of Lieut. Icardi, members of Holohan's mission had fed him a bowl of poisoned soup. Holohan merely got sick. The plotters had then drawn lots, and LoDolce, the loser, had gone to the major's bedroom and coldblooded y fired two pistol bullets into his head. The body had been weighted and sunk in the icy waters of the lake; the police found it where the witnesses said it was, dredged it up, found the two bullets...
...settled down to win five straight games before dropping one. Moments later, Maureen's unnerved opponent fluffed a service return into the net and the match was over, 7-5, 6-3. Crying "Whoopee!", Britain's new champion, its second youngest American titlist,* shook hands with Loser Brough and raced happily to take the trophy plate from the Duchess of Kent...