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That did a little number on my mind. I went away from the auditorium overwhelmed, crushed. I remember the words that kept going through my head: "I'm away from home, in this strange city, in America, and I'm a loser..." I cried all night because of it. I had disappointed all my friends, everybody, especially myself. It was awful. I felt it was the end of the world...
...able to do it much longer. He lost a total of $90,000 in 1975 and 1976, and he expects to be a loser again this year. "I have the best crop I ever raised," he laments, "and it's going to cost me $15,000." Only an upsurge in prices or federal subsidies can bail him out, a plight all too typical of thousands of small farmers throughout the country...
...growing tobacco and olives. Now it is an area caught in a strange, static war, with Israeli armor and infantry crossing over to help the Christians fight the Palestinians. No land has been taken by either side. Nor has there been any formal battle, with a winner and a loser...
...fare game, the bigger lines have no choice but to come as close as they can to matching him. Says one Washington-based ticket agent: "We'll lose less money competing than we would if we didn't. Even though you might be a loser, you lose less." The big lines, in fact, may gain rather than lose. Laker hopes that the bargain fares will be, in the jargon of the industry, "generative" rather than "diversionary." That is, they will not merely switch passengers from high-fare to low-fare flights but tempt into the air people...
...Crimson (O-1 Ivy, 2-1 overall) may prove to be the biggest surprise in the league, even if they end up near the cellar. Written off as a 1977 loser based on last year's 2-10-1 schedule and an opening loss at Columbia, Coach George Ford's squad has jelled in its last two games, both non-league affairs...