Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Young M. Brouland finds road-building in Northern Sweden more than he expected: His sharp-tongued female boss falls in love with him, only to lose him to la sorciere...
...leaders persuade the Union Committee to publish the results of this unofficial race, no write-in ballots will be counted. We believe that the votes should be accredited, however, since we think Oliver A. Yabook would prove an exemplary Jubilee Chairman. And, in the event that Lamont Dupont should lose, we are hoping that he will condescend to run for the HYRC presidency...
Satisfaction for $15. Bootlegging syndicates, reported Mathis, are so well entrenched "that a police officer who is too diligent in enforcing the liquor laws in the best dry areas can lose his job." In one county, he found, a $4,500-a-year sheriff was offered $18,000 for protection. In another he discovered bootleg liquor stores that guarantee payment of customers' fines if they are arrested with their purchases within a three-mile "safety zone." Said Mathis: "Gangsterism is a fact...
Seizing the rare opportunity to play on the fears of a whole rent-controlled generation who remember the old tales of wicked landlords, Laborites plastered the walls of North Lewisham with ominous broadsides (CAN I LOSE MY HOME? CERTAINLY . . .). The government's answer, as officially phrased by Candidate Farmer, is that decontrol is the "logical first step in getting rid of the housing shortage." The Tories' main hope lies in getting the bill passed as soon as possible to prove its long-range benefits...
...completely that the large Penn wrestler could only crawl repeatedly to the edge of the mat, whence the referee returned the pair to the center of the mat. This pattern continued through the first and second and much of the third, with Gilmor frequently rolling LaRoche over, only to lose his advantage as the Pennsylvanian wriggled out of the ring...