Word: loses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...building publicity. If Arafat's emissaries were successful, the Palestinians could boast that they had turned the other cheek by helping Israel's protector and ally; if they failed, the world would at least give them credit for trying. As one Israeli diplomat bitterly observed, "It was a no-lose situation...
...Francisco's assertive homosexual population unexpectedly won the balance of political power in that city. Mayor Dianne Feinstein had expected to win a majority, but she polled only 42%. That forced her into a Dec. 11 runoff, which she might lose to Runner-Up Quentin Kopp, a conservative member of the board of supervisors. One reason Feinstein failed to win was the success of minor candidates: Punk-Rock Singer Jello Biafra astonished even himself by taking 3% of the vote. More significant, David Scott, an openly homosexual real estate agent who called Feinstein and Kopp "Tweedledum and Tweedledee...
...Minneapolis too the hard-nosed cop image seemed to lose its appeal. It was personified in that city by Charles Stenvig, a policeman who won three two-year terms as mayor, the most recent in 1975. He tried for a fourth last week, distributing one pamphlet in which he was pictured wrapped in the American flag...
Next season looks promising--the squad will only lose three runners to graduation: Diane Jacobson, Kat Taylor, and Amble...
...absurdity of that version by providing a second "official" account of the killing. According to this story, Kim and several of his KCIA agents had conspired to kill both Cha and the President because Kim had fallen out of favor with Park and feared that he was going to lose his job. That account seemed more plausible, as far as it went...