Word: loses
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...exposure to a unique side of Harvard not seen by most students, and the lessons in personal development I received. In the long run by having to struggle against frustration and bitterness about my athletic experience, unexpected situations will be much easier to handle. It is extremely easy to lose sight of more important issues in life by becoming too deeply involved in football. The de-emphasis of football from the high status it held after my graduation from high school is another benefit that has led me to be grateful for my experience here...
...likelihood that Harvard will lose half its faculty to the diversity of southern California," he added...
...generation, the celebrated proposition has gathered astonishing grass-roots support. It has at least a fifty-fifty chance of becoming law. If it does, property taxes for all Californians will be slashed by 57%, beginning July 1. City, county, town and school administrators figure that they would lose some $7 billion a year. Either they would have to curtail services severely or the state, whose budget already totals $12.5 billion, would have to rescue them-presumably by increasing other taxes. As a result, officials are bracing for what they call "Black Wednesday," fearful that they may awaken on June...
Just about the time Carter was saying all those nice things, a new Louis Harris poll was clattering over the wires with some not-so-nice figures. They showed that Carter would lose to either Ford or Ronald Reagan if a presidential election were held now. The nationwide sampling of 1,498 voters gave Ford a 48%-to-43% lead, while Reagan squeaked by 47% to 46%. Among Democrats, moreover, Ted Kennedy would swamp Carter, 60% to 35% (and would beat the two Republicans handily as well). California's Jerry Brown? Nowhere. Ford would defeat Brown...
...film that parodies Cat and Mouse's own detective genre. If, in the end, the movie is far longer on charm than thrills, it is simply because the director refuses to hype any of the scary elements of the story. Much to his credit, Claude Lelouch would rather lose part of the audience than be unfaithful to his own benevolent self