Word: loses
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...false sense of confidence may be fatal, warns Doty: "We now have a period of relative public confidence that nuclear war is not imminent. We are apt to lose the vision of how absolutely catastrophic nuclear war is." While there is no foolproof solution, the authors variously argue that the U.S. should greatly intensify its disarmament efforts, restrict its sales of nuclear reactors to unstable countries, and do its best to lift up poor societies...
SOUTH AFRICA also relies heavily on Mozambique labor for its mining industry, as nearly a quarter of its miners have come from southern Mozambique. Malawi is already withdrawing its nationals from South African mines, and if Machel's government recalls Mozambique citizens, South Africa will lose about half its miners. And the same reasons that made foreign labor so attractive to the mine owners make them reluctant to rely on South African laborers--a higher concentration of black South Africans in the mines could increase the number of strikes and work stoppages that already plague the South African ruling elite...
BROWN-CORNELL--The Bruins won't lose this one, as they take on the new doormat of the Ivy League. What has happened in Ithaca this season? Brown 27, Cornell...
...this week's selections, things look to be pretty difficult. The Harvard game is a toss-up, and Yale, I think, is painfully due to lose. So here goes another feeble attempt to predict the fickle Future...
...Princeton Tigers, three losses in a row, including two straight in the Ivy League which have effectively eliminated them. Nothing to lose, as the old cliche goes, and an inordinate desire to play the spoiler role. Throw in some Princeton pride and a heritage of playing Harvard tough. Very tough...