Word: loses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...efforts to correct past racial injustices. If they voluntarily set up programs to redress discrimination against blacks, they risk getting sued by passed-over whites. If they admit their own past discrimination to justify such a program, they risk suits by blacks. If they do nothing, they stand to lose valuable federal contracts and be sued by blacks anyway. As usual, the Justices gave no hint as to how they plan to resolve the legal dilemma. But on their decision, which is expected this spring, hangs a question that could affect all Americans: Who gets ahead in the nation...
...nation on the sidelines." She summed up Britain's needs in a phrase tailored to campaign-poster type: "Less tax and more law and order." In his scornful, witty reply, Callaghan brought down the House by skewering the minor parties for forcing an election in which they may lose heavily. "This is the first time in recorded history," he said, "that the turkeys have been known to vote for an early Christmas." He also twitted Thatcher for waiting until the Scots Nats had moved against his government: "When the Right Honorable Lady found out what they would...
Harvard opened its season last year with a fourth place finish in the San Diego Classic and went on to lose two more races on the season. The last time the Harvard heavies lost three races...
...That's a home call if I've ever seen one," commented first-year coach Alex Nahigian. "What a terrible way to lose a ball-game," he added...
...setback left the Crimson 0-1 in the Eastern League, a circuit in which a team cannot afford to lose more than three games if it has any kind of title aspirations...