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Word: loses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...none of these things happen the way they should. The seriousness is in Shaw's own bored attitude with the melo-dramatic happenings. This comes through best in the amazing words of Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne who appears in the third act when the British are doing their best to lose the Revolution...

Author: By Jonathan Beecher, | Title: The Devil's Disciple | 4/27/1956 | See Source »

...through their finishing sprint, unable to stay with Princeton's well-conditioned undergraduates. They finished second by three lengths, but well ahead of Navy's own varsity. Coach Callow was far from disappointed. Said he: "The Admirals were terrific. They did better than I expected. When they lose that excess weight -well, we can hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Four Years from Olympus | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

...look constantly for new suckers, the sound outfits have lists of waiting clients, and report that 80% of their customers come back regularly. But even the management consultants know that they must be used sparingly. Like antibiotics, they should be called in only when necessary, lest the corporate body lose its own vitality and capacity for self-correction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS: Good Medicine for Ailing Companies | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

German infantry division, he marched across 8,000 miles of Russian soil, was severely wounded five times, saw his division lose twelve times its original manpower. In The Cross of Iron, Heinrich does what a good war novelist should and few can. He makes the private inferno of his war roar all over again, but as if for the very first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Corporal's Inferno | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

...look at science only in terms of technical applications, we entirely miss the point," Victor F. Weisskopf, visiting lecturer in Physics, said last night. He claimed that people today tend to think of the scientist as a machine-man for making bombs, and in doing this, they lose the value of pure science...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scientist Says Theory Needs Added Stress | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

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