Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communists of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your Stalinist chains." This was the message that Russia's new rulers flashed to the faithful last week, from the most important Russian Communist Party Congress in years. With mechanical unanimity and "stormy applause" the 1,355 delegates to the 20th Congress voted da on the new line and adjourned. Party Secretary Nikita Khrushchev did not even have to make a closing speech, explained the chairman, because everybody had agreed with him. The new line...
...must qualify this. The greater our margin of superiority, the more quickly we could win the air battle. If we could knock out the enemy's capability to hit the U.S., let us say the instant his bombers taxi out to hit us, the U.S. would lose no cities. If it took us a day, the U.S. might have X numbers of bombs dropped on it. If it took us a week, the U.S. might have 2X bombs dropped on it. And if it took us a month, the U.S. might have 3X bombs dropped on it. In this...
...determine the academy's status. Impressed by the record of Kings Point's well-trained graduates (all bound to eight-years' service in the Naval Reserve) and wanting to strengthen the merchant fleet, the House and Senate decided that the U.S. could ill afford to lose the school. Henceforth Kings Point cadets will be appointed by their Representatives and Senators, will know for the first time that their diplomas will be as valid as those of West Point and Annapolis. Said one relieved first classman: "It used to be a gamble to come here...
...Crimson jumped to a 6-3 lead in the first round, but as sabre and foil started to lose, the varsity dropped behind...
...Oscar as the year's best actor. He deserved it. The boy next door had become the type in the back room, with rat-grey skin and rat-quick eyes and a furtive softness in the way he moved; for the first time, Bill had almost managed to lose himself in a part. After seeing the picture, one fan who came in late remarked: "That man was wonderful-and you know, he looks an awful lot like William Holden...