Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Though he is often Olympian in his thunderbolt pronunciamentos, calling for ''total, implacable war," face to face Castro is strictly realistic. Questioned about the possibility that Batista might crush the rebels' proposed general strike, he said: "If Batista loses, he loses for good; if I lose, I will just start over again." If he wins, Castro says, he proposes freer labor unions, a crackdown on corruption and punishment for government "criminals"-including bringing Batista to book. These measures imply a great deal of control over Cuba's future by Fidel Castro. He denies all presidential...
...consider the new style unflattering. But surely the structure of the average 'Cliffe must at least resemble that of her Parisian sister. The shapeless look and an elbow-length sleeve would certainly be a refreshing change in many cases, and in some respects the 'Cliffes would have less to lose than their counterparts elsewhere...
Carroll did not say anything to the' Hulls about TB, though state law requires drugless-healers to report such cases to public health officials. Instead, he prescribed hot and cold compresses to increase her absorption of water. Though Mrs. Hull had weighed only 108 Ibs. and continued to lose, Carroll did not keep track of her weight. She went on ten-day fasts, during which she took nothing but water. Five months later, Doris Hull died of starvation and tuberculosis. She weighed...
...tycoons old and new: "I've never yet made a show for the 21 Club or the Romanoff's crowd, and I'm not going to start now. The viewers have to be able to identify themselves with the characters or you're going to lose them. I've always got the guy in Omaha in mind...
...Business on the Rocks) and new definitions, e.g., the difference between recession and depression ("A recession is when you lose your job, a depression when I lose mine"). Yet, like businessmen, the average consumer seemed more worried about his neighbor than himself...