Word: loses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...message had a tone of great urgency. It concluded: "We could lose this economic contest [with Communism] unless the country as a whole wakes up to all its implications." The urgent tone is justified by current facts. But there is no evidence that it is "the country as a whole" that needs to wake or act. The public has not dragged its heels in this decade on any foreign policy effort...
...retaliation became necessary. "They were specific targets reasonably related to the area. They did not involve massive destruction of great population centers like Shanghai, Peking or Canton. Retaliation must be on a selective basis. The important thing is that the aggressor know in advance that he is going to lose more than he can win. He doesn't have to lose much more. It just has to be something more. If the equation is such that the outcome is clearly going to be against...
Sculling & Skin-Diving. "I told the Prince that royalty didn't mean a thing to us," Jack Kelly recalled. "I told him that I certainly hoped he wouldn't run around the way some princes do, and I told him that if he did, he'd lose a mighty fine girl." The Prince solemnly promised that he would be an exemplary husband. After the family learned the happy news, even brother Kell had to admit that his prospective brother-in-law was no oddball. "I don't think we can make a sculler...
...well below expectations in Georgia, where 700,000 children have yet to get their first shots. Parents have failed to take advantage of available vaccine in North Carolina to such an extent that the state may have to launch a campaign to move its vaccine. (Vaccine tends to lose its effectiveness after being stored for six months...
...local interest will be the 45-yard high hurdles, in which Crimson ace Joel Cohen meets last year's star Bob Rittenburg, who is now in service. Both should lose to the venerable "Bones" Dillard, who at an age well past 30 is seeking his 18th consecutive Boston gold medal. Also entered in this event will be Ed Carter, and Paul and Dave Rosenthal...