Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...border Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma and Virginia (all for Ike in 1952), the Democrats are ahead. (But in Virginia, continued silence on the part of Senator Harry Byrd could lose Stevenson his narrow edge...
...financial contributions and volunteer workers. State Chairman Bloom heaved an audible sigh of relief about the improved state prospects. But some of the Grundy boys were still following after their oldtime leader (1904-21), Boies Penrose, who believed firmly in the precept that when it came "to deciding between losing an election and losing control of the party, lose the election." Unless organizations, volunteers and the powerful influence of Dwight Eisenhower are joined in putting Jim Duff across, Pennsylvania's Republican wreckage may not be worth controlling-not even by a Grundykin...
...argued, was that he could not understand the words and the stilted acting made the whole thing seem ridiculous. "If we don't understand the singer's words," says Adler, "we cannot know whether he acts or even sings in accordance with them. And the moment we lose interest in this acting, we lose interest in the character he portrays and eventually in the opera itself...
...defeat Columbia as did the Crimson. In such weather, the threat of Benham's passing attack was greatly diminished and he attempted only eight passes, three of which were completions. In other words, if the storm that is now off the coast hits New York on Saturday, Little may lose most of his offense...
Elder also claimed that to increase the size of the College would be to lose "the subtle features that have made it distinctive...