Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...laundry employees are also about to lose their jobs. "Johannesburg Hospital Laundries employ only Coloreds," shrugged one of its managers. "It is obvious that these new natives can no longer work here...
...Last-Minute Backdown. For a week the rock-throwing, torch-waving and teargassing went on, but the U.S. Army stood firm and did not lose its head. Finally, Syngman Rhee backed down and proclaimed that his government was opposed to the "civilian violence." Rhee demanded that the U.S. give a guarantee that the NNSC would soon be "peacefully evicted." An officer at the Wolmi barricade summed up the Army's reaction: "Even if I could hand over the Czechs and Poles to these people, I wouldn't do it. It's a matter of principle. We told...
...batting skill of another oldtimer, Outfielder Hoot Evers, 34, bought from the Baltimore Orioles just last month (after a fading career with Detroit, Boston and the Giants). With a couple of timely homers, Evers helped the Indians recover first place after the near-disastrous week that saw them lose three straight games to the seventh-place Senators...
...lowers his voice discreetly when he fears his remark may be a little off-color for the ladies present. For the first time in memory, the Politburo has presented a living, breathing character to our gaze and, from what has so far been revealed to us, one could lose him any day anywhere between the Atlantic and Pacific at a businessman's luncheon, a political rally or a baseball game . . . The best way to disarm an American is to make him laugh...
...Zealand's Great Barrier Island. Bernard collects Victorian "postal stationery," i.e., envelopes printed with grotesque designs and slogans in praise of temperance, penny postage and peace. Says Henry Harmer: "The great charm about stamp collecting is that you can collect what you like, and you can't lose money...