Word: loses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week the committee's lineup on the extension bill seesawed back and forth. The vote is scheduled for this week, and whatever the outcome, the measure will probably win or lose by only one or two votes...
Again the crowd cheered lustily. Jarvis' entry into the fray on behalf of the Tisch proposition has led some of Headlee's backers to fear that the antitax movement could be splintered, causing both proposals to lose. Still, with state and local taxes up 142% in ten years, the voters of Michigan seem ready to send their politicians a message. Says Tisch: "With Howard Jarvis, we're going places. He's a hero, a father figure...
...that certain something -looks, sex appeal, credibility-that viewers like. A single ratings point in a major market like New York, Los Angeles or Chicago is worth more than $500,000 in yearly station revenues. When executives at Chicago's CBS-owned WBBM this year figured they would lose three evening-news ratings points if Anchor Bill Kurtis jumped to NBC-owned WMAQ, they won him back by counteroffering $250,000 a year. They considered it a bargain. Says Joe Saltzman, a veteran TV newsman who teaches broadcasting at the University of Southern California: "The anchor person presents...
...loser in all this is the fan. He's the ultimate one to either lose his team or have to pay the expense of the sport...
...example, firms employing 50 or more people and receiving federal contracts of more than $50,000 are given about five years to increase the number of minority employees until the percentage of these employees in the company matches their proportion in the surrounding population. Otherwise, the firms may lose their federal contracts...