Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Waiting Game. General Merino, 51, an able infantry officer, then sat back to wait. His boondocks uprising was shrewdly conceived. By merely proclaiming a rebellion, Merino forced Odria to retaliate or lose his strongman's prestige. But Odria was denied any chance of easy attack. Merino claimed the whole Second (Jungle) Division of 12,000 men (the whole army numbers 55,000 to 60,000). He also claimed the navy's Amazon fleet: seven 200-to 500-ton gunboats, and about thirty 10-to 50-ton river patrol craft. Moreover, most of the troops were inaccessibly camped...
...Mother!" moaned Carol when the early standings had her still skating in Tenley's shadow. "Now, now," soothed Mrs. Heiss, who had not come to Germany to lose. "It's not over yet." She was right. The official school-figure scores gave Carol a slight lead. When the free skating began, the title was up for grabs...
...political, issue. Those working effectively for integration in the South are emphasizing not that the Court decision is right, but that it is now the supreme law of the land and must be obeyed. Once the ruling on integration is lowered from its judicial pedestal, the decision will lose what sanctity it now has and the task of desegregating schools will become almost insurmountable...
...contest at Penn will once again find the visitors the underdog, as Penn will seek to avenge its January loss to the Crimson. The Quakers, now fourth in the Ivy League with a 4-3 record, are still in contention for the title, but cannot afford to lose more than one more game, if that many...
Business on the Field. Any other manager would have been fired. Connie owned his team. So he hung on, scouted for rookies, traded shrewdly for established stars. Neatly garbed in a business suit, he was a part of every ball game in Shibe Park. The A's might lose, but it was worth the price of admission to watch Mr. Mack wigwagging signals to his outfield with a rolled-up score card, a bath towel around his thin neck, his famous straw hat hanging near...