Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...really unlucky man can break a tooth on a cheese soufflé, get bitten by the gentlest of Chihuahuas, lose a big poker pot holding four kings. Some ships are like that-for example, the U.S. Navy's destroyer escort Silverstein. During World War II, Silver stein* went aground on a Hawaiian coral reef, later was damaged in a typhoon. Fortnight ago, a locker of depth-charge-launcher cartridges exploded aboard the ship, injuring five crewmen...
Little noticed in the frenetic rejoicing-put on daily so that Algerians would not lose heart while Paris hesitated-was a tall, slim man with the cold, blue-grey eyes of Flanders. Yet of all the gaudy generals and pompous politicians who harangued the Algiers mob, none had so good a claim to speak for the insurrection as 39-year-old Léon Delbecque. Despite his modest title-vice president of the Committee of Public Safety-it was Delbecque who had provided the organizational brains of the Algiers revolt...
...chance that de Gaulle may be able to make these vital changes. President Coty and the French Assembly have taken a calculated risk that de Gaulle will be a deliverer rather than a dictator. They have much to gain and, in the present critical condition of France, little to lose...
Contrary to the earlier story in the CRIMSON, the teams will not lose their minor sports status because of this move, but will rather continue on a club basis. This means that they will receive their minor insignia as they do at present...
CHRYSLER PAY CUTS will take three weeks' salary from all officers, two weeks' pay from employees earning more than $15,000 and one week's from those drawing more than $10,200. President Tex Colbert will lose $14,475 of his $250,900 yearly salary...