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Word: losers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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When a war between nations is lost The loser, we know, pays the cost; But even when Germany fell to your hands You left them their pride and you left them their land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Angry American indian: Starting Down the Protest Trail | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

...recently charged that "our nation's policies and programs for educating American Indians are a national tragedy." Another friend is Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale. An honorary Chippewa chief, Mondale criticizes Indian schools as containing the elements of disaster. "The first thing an Indian learns is that he is a loser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Angry American indian: Starting Down the Protest Trail | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

...With a Debate, let us now make an End of this Rebellion." He continued in a firm shriek over the non-stop Brays, "All Issues will be openly discussed! All that is required is that the Loser promise to attend the VOICE of REASON and obey to the Winner without Question...

Author: By Algernon Mews, | Title: A Tale of Dissent | 1/23/1970 | See Source »

Perhaps the most surprising fact about the 747 is that the plane that promises to accomplish so much actually began its existence as a loser. In 1964, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara ordered a competition for a giant military transport and an advanced jet engine to power it. Lockheed and General Electric won the plane-and-engine competition, and their entry became the C-5A. The two losers, Boeing and Pratt & Whitney, were eager to find a market for their rejected designs. Boeing's chief, William Allen, decided to risk what turned out to be $1 billion in turning the military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Ready or Not, Here Comes Jumbo | 1/19/1970 | See Source »

...diligence, skill and luck ?that the promise of opportunity could be redeemed, that the nation's natural fertility would justify the values of hard work and individualism. Now many of the Middle Americans, who have banked on the work ethic, find themselves in a losing streak with a loser's psychology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man and Woman of the Year: The Middle Americans | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

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