Word: loses
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...going to lose your hearing if you keep listening to all that loud music," parents railed right from the beginning. "No way!" offspring scoffed, and gleefully cranked up Hot Tuna another punishing notch. Today that parental admonition is being echoed by a new -- and more credible -- source: rock musicians. John Flansburgh of the cult band They Might Be Giants half jokingly says: "Deafness is one of the little sacrifices you have to make for rock...
...damage is insidious. Noise above 100 decibels -- a whining power saw, for example -- flattens the tiny hairs in the inner ear that transmit sound to the nerves. These hairs usually return to normal, but repeated assaults by high-decibel rock -- concerts routinely hover around 120 -- can cause them to lose their resilience permanently. Stereo earphones blasting away for hours may be a greater threat than concerts. Says Audiologist Dr. Thomas H. Fay, of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City: "It's like the nozzle of a fire hose has been stuck down the ear canal...
...Northeastern is a very strong team, well-skilled and physical," Harvard Coach Sue Caples said. "They beat us to the ball, and put us on the defensive a lot. Since they were on attack so much, to lose by one goal is okay...
...burden of proof is on him to show us the "Why?" behind the imperative, "Change." He cannot do this if he is constantly on the defensive. Put George Bush on the stand; seize the "populist initiative." This has to be Dukakis' gameplan through November or else he will lose as surely as Mondale did in '84 and Carter did in '80. Sunday night's debate will be Dukakis' best chance to get back on the offensive...
...nice to kick someone while she's down, but I will. Cambridge State Representative Saundra Graham deserved to lose last week's Democratic primary. She ran a lousy, practically invisible campaign against a relative political unknown and lost by 49 votes. She may yet salvage her political career, but not without a long, hard lesson in the ABCs of politics...