Word: loses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...much chicken soup," says she. "But then I believe in telling my children what I think." She did protest a story about sex at Barnard College, her alma mater. "It was an unfortunate piece of publicity," she sighs. "I guess people get lots of sex nowadays, but they lose the romance...
...Panama would gain full jurisdiction over the zone within three years. Meanwhile, the U.S. would operate the canal itself until Dec. 31, 1999-and then turn it over to Panama. Some 3,500 Americans working for the Panama Canal Co., which is entirely owned by the U.S. Government, would lose such perks as subsidized housing and bargain shopping at official stores; they would simply live as foreigners subject to Panamanian laws and customs as soon as Panama began governing the zone...
...merely an outlaw underground, tend to be stigmatized by the word Mafia. Should the question be: Can this term unintentionally offend someone? Or should not the questions be: Is there an organized underworld? Is it actually called the Mafia? If so, to call it something else is to lose touch with reality...
Once people surrender personal details-for instance, to banks in applying for mortgages- they lose control over the information forever. They have no legal right to inspect most private files to contest or correct them. Nor can they prevent the records from being shared among banks, credit bureaus and insurance companies, or shown to employers. or turned over to law enforce ment agencies. Says Douglas Lea, counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights: "Privacy is power. What we're really talking about is whether the Government and other large organizations will have power over the individual." Warns California...
...most compelling argument for remaining in office. If the Labor Party is unable to control or moderate the unions' wage demands, thus further aggravating inflation (now running at 17% annually), Callaghan could face a no-confidence vote in the House of Commons that he would probably lose. The resulting election might be a Tory landslide. Already David Steel has threatened to withdraw his pledge to support the Callaghan government with the 13 crucial Commons votes of his Liberal Party if no effective new agreement on wage restraints is forthcoming...