Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sihanouk entreated his subjects in a surprise broadcast last March, "permit me to leave my gilded cage." With that, he turned over the monarchy's six-tiered parasol to his father, Suramarit. After 14 years on the throne, 32-year-old Sihanouk was convinced that, "If I ever lose this King job, maybe I can go to Hollywood. They like Oriental characters over there, don't they? Maybe I could be a Cambodian Charlie Chan...
Even if flood insurance were feasible, argue insurance men, the company that offered it as a standard risk (necessarily at a higher premium) would lose business to competitors who preferred to keep their feet dry. Concluded a Manhattan insurance executive: "The Bible tells you to build your house on a rock. I guess you'd better be sure the rock is a high...
...real-estate men recently gave him a rough time when he was shopping for a $12,000 house. His sin: California-born Dr. Lee is of Korean ancestry. Explained one real-estate man to him: "I'm sorry, Doctor, but I have to eat, and I'd lose my job for selling to a nonwhite ... Go to the $35,000 class." However, Physician Lee soon had virtual guarantees that he could buy a house at a price he could afford. Beaming about the Samaritans who want to assist him, he said: "My belief in the American people...
Though an erudite specialist on the 13th century, Keeney proved early that he was a talented administrator. But more important, he also turned out to be much the same sort of plain-speaker as Henry Wriston. He railed against students who shun controversy for fear of losing some future Government clearance ("If silence is the price of Government service, it is too high a price to pay"), and against scholarly stuffiness ("It must clearly be understood that the scholar does not lose dignity by being intelligible"). He is also a relentless crusader against the growing theory on many U.S. campuses...
...spell words right when the Trib persisted in spelling them wrong. While most newsmen applauded the efforts of the new Trib's bosses to strike out on their own, the applause was tempered by some regret. Said one Chicago newsman: "There is something sad about seeing the Trib lose the old to-hell-with-everything air of individualism that the Colonel instilled...