Word: loses
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...look at people who have been associated with certain issues for their whole life," Phillips said. "The sense that if they lose and we go and grab them is unfair. We are looking for people who have made a significant contribution to public service...
...even handed out copies of a penciled-up draft. He was pleased to have done something brave and impulsive. On Friday he was still being that way. He told the Washington Post he was thinking about flying solo--asking Bill Clinton to stand aside and let him win or lose by himself...
MUTUAL-FUND TAX DODGE On average, domestic mutual funds lose 2.5% of their total returns to capital-gains taxes, and few companies advertise their aftertax performance. Vanguard has become the first big firm to do so; others may follow. Until then, tax-minded investors--those investing outside an IRA or 401(k)--can find about 30 funds that are actively managed to minimize the tax hit. Here are a few top performers...
Tonight, they lose. Heartbreakingly. Silly errors leave them down 5-4 in the last inning, with one out. Beth singles, and steals her way to third. Then, on a sacrifice fly, she streaks for home--trying too hard. Tagged out, she lies in the dirt, face down, for at least 10 seconds...
They also don't feel pressed to do more than they're ready for. In a survey by the student newspaper last year, half the seniors said they were sexually active, but students say there's no pressure to lose one's virginity. "People don't make fun of virgins at all," says junior James Wetton. "It's kind of respected." Even among the "Dive Team," a group of six upper-class males whose name has nothing to do with swimming, half the members say they have never...