Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pamphlet issued by the West German Socialists. The founding of the SED, said the pamphlet, was "the darkest day in the German workers' movement." It solemnly warned: "Whoever tries to make a pact with Communists will perish doing so ... Whoever lets the Communists have his little finger will lose his whole hand . . . Whoever tries to remain neutral towards Communism gives himself...
...Fred Nicholas was one of the first helpless figures caught by the searchlights as he shuffled uncertainly across the shadowy border that divides black from untrusting white in South Africa. To be reclassified as colored means that he will have to leave his home, move into a colored neighborhood, lose his vote, his job. No one knows how many other little neighborhood tragedies are likely to follow, some, like that of Fred Nicholas, starting with a slingshot's rock through the window...
...Elis are at least ten goals better than the Crimson on comparative Ivy scores, having defeated all four league opponents this year. Should Yale win tomorrow's contest, it will clinch the championship. Dartmouth could tie for the title if it defeats Penn and the Elis lose...
...transports are sewing up the commercial jet market. Several months ago Fred Rentschler's health began to fail. Last week, at 68, he died at his Boca Raton, Fla. home. Almost until the end, United's Board Chairman kept his hand on the throttle, not wishing to lose a single day. No one understood better the mission of his company and the stakes it played for in the constant race to make the U.S. supreme in the air. Said Rentschler: "There is no such thing as a second-best Air Force. There is the best-or nothing...
...have a little fun before the finish. Fun costs money. Well, the girl would have money, bales of it, as soon as the estate was settled. He looked her over. "Hair skinned back, big nose. Skin color like a mushroom . . . nothing clothes." He thought: "What have I got to lose? I'm an accessory to innocence . . . This is my chance. I'm taking it." He turned to the girl. "I'm going to write out a death certificate," he told her gently. "Death by natural causes . . . Don't you get it? I'm going...