Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jersey City and home-town Phillipsburg, went to the state senate in 1947, became one of the leaders in ousting Jersey City's Boss Frank Hague from the seat of Democratic power in 1949. Four years later Meyner was nominated for governor. He promptly announced that, win or lose in the general election, he was assuming direct personal leadership of the state organization and intended to retain it for the next four years. He won the election, bringing down the New Jersey Republican organization, whose timbers had been rotting behind an impressive facade of long-held power...
...Instead, the interest would be put in a pool, and every three months the holder would stand a chance of winning up to $2,800 tax-free in a lottery held by the government. Anticipating moral objections, Macmillan insisted: "This is not gambling, for the subscriber cannot lose...
...better for William Jennings Bryan in a You Are There report on the first of his three nominations for the presidency. Ainslie Pryor, as Bryan, got a rococo fervor into his big "Cross of Gold" speech that captured the deadlocked convention and enabled the Great Commoner to enter-and lose-the presidential race against William McKinley. Circle Theater took another aghast look at Communist intrigue with The Case of Colonel Petrov,who defected two years ago from the Soviet embassy in Australia. As pictured on TV by Michael Gorrin, Petrov seemed far too dumb to have been head...
...varsity heavies had not been expected to lose to Tech or B.U. over the mile and three-quarter course; this had not happened since 1950. But many wondered how the oarsmen would respond if seriously pressed. Stroked by junior Fritz Schwarz, they aptly demonstrated their ability to row a low-stroking, controlled race when they applied the power under the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge and in ten strokes moved up two-thirds of a length over front-running...
Stevenson must convince the American voters that moderation is neither a political strategy nor a means of dodging embarrassing questions. In emphasizing the complexities of the situation he must not lose sight of the final goal--racial integration...