Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Doctor Zhivago is that of an apostle of life, with a profound sense of its Christian sanctity, who is caught in the life-crushing and soul-destroying nightmare of revolution, civil war and tyranny. The poet-doctor is driven across the face of Russia, is loved by people who lose him, and greatly loves a woman named Lara whom he loses. A broken man, he finally dies of a heart attack after he steps off a Moscow streetcar...
...seven series games against the Yomiuri Giants, Inao pitched in six. In the opening game the heavy-hitting Giants pickled his slider, beat him 9-2. He sat out the second game (won by Yomiuri 7-3), came back after two days of rest to lose a 1-0 heartbreaker, even though he allowed only three hits and walked nobody. The rain forced a day's postponement, and Inao's luck changed. He beat the Giants 6-4. Next day he relieved in the fourth inning, won his own game 4-3 with a tenth-inning homer. Inao...
...various stage directors, including Roberto Rossellini (who directed her in Otello in Naples), Tebaldi's acting has improved in recent years-most noticeably in her mastery of an imaginatively conceived and many-faceted Aïda. Now slimmed down from what she called her troppo robusta dimensions ("I lose 25 pounds in three years!"), she is better able to cope with bantam-sized tenors and the visual realities of such consumptive roles as Mimi and Violetta...
...discussed with his wife whether or not he should apply for one of the several excellent coaching jobs which were then available. They decided to stay in Gettysburg. Yovicsin did not like the insecure prospect of coach at a school where a coach had to win consistently or lose his job. He preferred to stay where...
...varsity socceer team has a record of seven wins and only one defeat; it has yet to lose in Ivy League competition and is in undisputed possession of first place; yet it must rate as an underdog this morning when it faces a strong Pennsylvania team here...