Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...state legislature. The gerrymander bill left exactly nine Negro voters within the city limits (instead of 420), touched off a Negro boycott of white merchants. "My God," said a council member as he reviewed the petition for readmittance last week.'Tf we back down now, we'll lose the whole works." The petition was promptly turned down-and with it, both sides grimly agreed, the chances of preventing the slow death of a town...
...Thresky," queried the comely receptionist, "if you go to the game, aren't you and the Owl likely to lose your freedom...
Another argument is that the University would lose many potential teachers by not using graduate students. After a person receives the doctorate, he may or may not remain at Harvard, depending on offers from other institutions...
...would probably be a good thing for the team to lose, said University of Oklahoma President George Cross. "Overemphasis on the winning part of the game will ultimately destroy it." But Oklahoma Coach Bud Wilkinson and his Sooners did not seem to be listening. They whipped Missouri, 39-14, to lengthen football's longest current winning streak (47 games) and earned a trip to the Orange Bowl...
CAPITAL AIRLINES, whose British-made Viscounts pioneered turboprop service in the U.S., is in such deep trouble that it has asked CAB to restore subsidy and shuck off some money-losing short runs. Capital, basically a line of short routes with high operating costs, expects to lose $2.5 million this year, $7.5 million next year. CAB is likely to refuse subsidy plea, but may let line drop some routes...