Word: loses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impossible as long as Radcliffe remains a separate institution--a course it seems determined to follow and not without good reason. For example, Wolfman says that if Harvard and Radcliffe applied together for work-study money then they could equalize the funding for men and women, but Radcliffe would lose over $1 million in other grants that depend on its independent status. But if Radcliffe is truly looking out for the interests of women, as it claims to be, it must do more than just voice regret after a problem comes to light. Radcliffe must take more of a leading...
Goldberg stood his ground, and then an upset Lundy double-faulted to lose the game (4-3), set (5-7) and match...
...made sense in a way. Philadelphia 76er Coach Billy Cunningham had just watched his team, the most prodigally gifted in the N.B.A., lose to the league's second worst club, the Houston Rockets, and he needed a lift. Emerging from a disco after a few consoling beers, he got one. A man who claims to hold the world's record for push-ups (9,000 in five hours) offered to demonstrate his prowess. Cunningham gingerly stepped onto his back. Up, down, up, down-two full push-ups with the 212-lb. coach aboard. "Only in the N.B.A.," said...
Slade is also an accomplished writer of one-liners, which are not only funny but rooted in universal human fears. "When a friend dies, you lose a friend," sighs Scottie, "but when you die, you lose all your friends." There's more in that than just a well-turned phrase. A few lines don't work, and the play could use some trimming before it settles down in New York. One rude piece of psychological claptrap ought to be immediately excised: one of those Death of a Salesman-type closet skeletons, involving the time when little Jud woke...
...also emphasized the importance of the new National Labor Relations bill. "If it is passed, it will make things a lot easier, but if the unions lose this one in a Democratic Congress, they're up the creek...