Word: loses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hamptons and the other smoking-jacket resorts on Long Island, and affluence hangs heavy in the air on a holiday weekend. Young couples, sleek tans glistening under alligator shirts and Gucci shorts, tote their tennis rackets on top of their other luggage; a slightly older woman, just beginning to lose her lifelong war against crow's feet and encroaching fat, coddles a toy poodle who whimpers against the sharp hissing of the monster diesels; a gaggle of paunchy businessmen, obviously chafing under the discomfort of the sand that still clings to their Coppertone-greasy skin, discusses the probable trends...
...doubled to five minutes since the promotional fares went into effect. In most cities, airline phone lines are jammed. Regular travelers who pay full fares are often unable to make bookings, and business people who have urgent appointments in other cities sometimes cannot confirm their reservations. Hence they may lose their seats to stand-by passengers paying only a fraction of the full fare. Says American Airlines Senior Vice President Robert Crandall: "If the public wants low fares, people will have to put up with delays...
...offices is of arguable merit, it plays a crucial role in industries. As one construction worker said while taking part in the anti-Bakke demonstrations in Washington last April, "Right now minority hiring in construction is based solely on quota systems. If the Court makes quotas illegal, then we lose about the only thing we have going for us as a people who haven't had the opportunity to get a good education." Although the Powell opinion leans toward upholding the industrial use of quotas, it does not address the issue directly. In the opinion of Allan M. Dershowitz, professor...
...Tasty--Boylston St. You lose. The food here is about as appetizing as the menu in a Fort Dix mess hall, and the atmosphere is nowhere near as cheerful. Avoid, and your small intestine will love you forever...
While many Yankee fans are preparing to concede the division title to Boston before the leaves change color. Baltimore manager Earl Weaver looks at the Sox 50-21 record and probably thinks of 1974, when Boston had a 7 1/2-game lead on August 23, only to lose the title to the Birds in the last two weeks. Don't worry about a pennant race, boy and girls...