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Word: losers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...humor of the loser as it's performed today has in all but a few cases become the humor of the master. And it retains not the vaguest memory of the dissatisfied, underfed, rebellious child it used to be. Its observations are easy to come by. It has gone from "I'm not kidding about everything being wrong" to "I'm only kidding about everything being wrong." It has become button down. It has grown...

Author: By Jules Feiffer, | Title: Satire, Must Skirt Its Own Cliches | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

...nationalism is based in part on a nagging suspicion that West Germany will be the loser in a cold-war settlement between the U.S. and Moscow; the fear is of a deal with Moscow that would reduce West Berlin's ties to West Germany, and permanently recognize Red rule in East Germany. With this in mind, so stalwart a supporter of the West as former Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano (now Christian Democratic leader in Parliament) recently reminded the Allies sharply that "it is intolerable to offer additional concessions. The aim of talks must be to convince the Soviet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: The New Nationalism | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

Harvard's only loser was John Vinton, who dropped a four-game match to Phil Goddard at number seven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Squad Wins In Easy Match, 8-1 | 2/23/1962 | See Source »

...final of the Beanpot Tournament at Boston Garden. After topping Boston College in the first round 6 to 1, the varsity is a solid favorite over the Terriers, who lost to the Crimson, 8 to 1, on Jan. 15. At 7 p.m. B.C. meets Northeastern, 5-4 loser to Boston University last week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Crushes Indians For Fourth League Victory | 2/12/1962 | See Source »

Duggan takes his revenge by seducing Avery's wife, and the two friends end by exchanging wives. The victory would seem to be Duggan's. Goodfellow Avery fails at politics despite open-faced dishonesty, and in the round of divorces and remarriages, Avery is clearly the loser. It is not long before he dies a ludicrous death (drunkenly, he dives into 2 ft. of water, thinking it is deep, trying to rescue a child's doll, thinking that it is a child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Goodfellow's Progress | 2/2/1962 | See Source »

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