Word: loses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...struggle over shaping the tax bill, the initial versions of which both houses expect to pass with much fanfare this week, may determine whether Gingrich survives the year. "If he blows it," says an influential G.O.P. strategist close to the leadership, "it is his last shot. He will lose his speakership...
Over the past few years, tobacco companies have spent heavily to update their manufacturing facilities, resulting in several rounds of layoffs. There could be yet another wave of consolidation--or even wholesale corporate restructuring--across the industry, as cost cutting becomes paramount. Some lawyers will lose out as the industry redirects some of the $600 million it spends annually on legal expenses. Remarkably, the industry will find some savings on its tax bill: the settlement costs are deductible...
...seat the Taiwan delegation attending the handover ceremonies. Taiwanese officials who were invited to the bash have refused to be seated next to the mainland Chinese delegation, a position they feel would suggest their downgrading to the status of a Chinese province. But Hong Kong officials stand to lose either way: if they seat the two parties together, the Taiwanese will boycott the events. If they seat them apart, Beijing will consider it a public snub before an international audience. Beijing argues that under the red flag, Taiwan would enjoy even more autonomy than Hong Kong if it chose...
...billion) is a throwback to the corporate wars of the 1980s. "It is very troubling that he didn't put the hotel properties up for bidding," says Mark Sirower, a professor of corporate strategies at N.Y.U.'s Stern School of Business and author of The Synergy Trap: How Companies Lose the Acquisition Game. "He's supposed to maximize the value of these assets...
...night against the Utah Jazz crystallize the notion that we are blessed. It's not enough that he plays every game triple-teamed by the pressures of age (34), a fifth title and his own Airness. Needing a victory last Wednesday in the Delta Center, where the Jazz never lose, Jordan stayed on the floor despite a debilitating viral infection, rallied the Bulls from 16 points down and finished with 38 points, including a three-pointer with 25 seconds left that gave his team the lead for good. "I didn't even think he was going to be able...