Word: loses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most important, from his own viewpoint, is the New York Governor's race, in which he is trying to re-elect his friend Hugh Carey. Says Garth: "In my home state, I get very personally involved -and I hate to lose." His customary strategy is to demand that his candidates raise a lot of money, trim down to fighting weight, learn to concentrate on key issues, and leave the details...
...onetime seer for Hubert Humphrey; then to Detroit, where he is handling the re-election campaign of Governor William Milliken; then to Ohio to write some TV spots for Governor Rhodes; then to Pennsylvania for a conference with Gubernatorial Candidate Richard Thornburgh. Says Deardourff: "You either win or you lose, and people who lose fall by the wayside...
...that abortions are comparable to minor illnesses, averaging 4.8 days of leave. Full-term pregnancies do cost the military an average of 105 days, but only about 8% of the women get pregnant in any given year. Besides, while women need more time off for gynecological reasons, men lose 10% more time because of drinking, 80% more time because of drug abuse, and have an AWOL rate five times that of women...
...despite the Cardinals' record, Wilkinson has also retained the backing of Owner Bidwill and the team's fans. Indeed, in a strange inversion of custom, the fans have taken to booing the owner and wearing TRADE BIDWILL buttons. But if St. Louis continues to lose, Wilkinson knows the fans will eventually turn on him, as they do on all losing coaches...
...pressures today generally take a financial form as colleges fold at an alarming rate. Riesman says financially weak schools often feel the need to differentiate themselves, if only slightly, from other schools in order to attract students. But change is risky because a school making the wrong choice may lose students and have to close. "If you get empty buildings, you wind up as a Holiday Inn," says Howard Solomon, dean of undergraduate studies and academic affairs at Tufts...