Word: loses
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...election at a high school near London, said he believed the nationalist Irish Republican Army was preparing to resume the cease-fire it abandoned a year ago. However, Major predicted the IRA announcement would come after the May 1 national British elections, which Major so far looks likely to lose. It will probably fall to a Labor government to continue the all-party peace talks and to decide whether to extend an invitation to Sinn Fein, the political party aligned with the IRA, in the event of a cease-fire. If Catholic and Protestant groups can avoid creating sparks...
...police and agents of SHIK, the state security service, who were trying to stamp out demonstrations. Vlora, a town of 70,000, had recently been prosperous, at least in Albanian terms, largely because some of its residents are noted for their skill at smuggling. Since they had money to lose, they lost more than most Albanians in the collapsing pyramid funds. They have had it with Berisha. "He is a thief who stole our money," says Idris Nimet, a carpenter turned rebel. "Berisha will never get to Vlora. The people are with us, the soldiers are afraid, and everyone...
Carnesale will certainly be bringing enough experience and know-how to Los Angeles to deal with the problems facing the comparatively enormous UCLA (35,000 undergrads as compared with Harvard's 6,400). And though we are sorry to lose his leadership here, we wish him the best of luck in Los Angeles County...
...would lose a lot of the diversity on this campus without affirmative action," Olney said. "You can't address all these issues at the same time. You have to make choices...
...persuasive campaigner. As he later explained to his son, "If a little old lady with a cane and a mustache asks you to kiss her, you better do it and enjoy it, or she's gonna know it." Lott lost 15 lbs. that he didn't have to lose. He sometimes lost his voice. But he won the election...