Word: losers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ample cause to continue his fight. Were he to withdraw the nomination, he reasons, the act would lend credence to charges that Haynsworth was less than candid about his financial dealings. Nixon also stands to gain political points in the South; Southerners, who appreciate the style of the gallant loser, will credit the President for his valiant fight on behalf of their man. Nixon's refusal to quit is also aimed at muting criticism that he has been a vacillating leader...
...there is clearly quite a bit at stake this afternoon, and the loser, if it is Harvard, can write off any hopes of a second-place finish. If the loser is Princeton. the best the Tigers can hope for might be a tie for the runner-up position...
...when Harvard and Pennsylvania meet at Franklin Field today, the stakes are all too clear. The loser will leave the field with three defeats in Ivy play, and with Dartmouth. Yale and Princeton still unbeaten, three defeats could be enough to doom the loser to the bottom half of the League...
...nascent McCarthy movement with his surprise step toward ending the war- the bombing halt- way back in March, 1968. Right now Sam Brown looks every bit the winner he was right after the New Hampshire primary, but once again he has every chance of ending up a loser...
...baron hires bounty hunters to drive Butch and Sundance out of business. Butch is willing to be bought out, but not rubbed out. So there ensues a lengthy chase sequence through a brothel, across a prairie, and over a cliff. (Asks Newman, "Who are those guys?" A hilarious born loser, that Newman-if only he changed his name to Ziggy and did something about his eves...