Word: losing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have come up with a livelier title -- is nonetheless set in modern times, specifically the fast-track London art world of the '60s and '70s. It covers 23 years in the lives of Clifford and Helen Wexford, an attractive, careless pair who marry, remarry, have messy affairs, manage to lose track of their little girl for a 14-year span -- and still retain the reader's sympathy. Perhaps because the author is a longtime feminist, Helen, who finally conquers her passive instincts and makes an independent life for herself, comes off rather better than her domineering, pigheaded husband...
...even as Jackson arouses Democratic passions, this blossoming love affair cannot forever mask the reality that if he is nominated the party will lose -- and probably lose big. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, one of the nation's most articulate left-wing populists, insists that if Jackson is the nominee, the "increase in voters would more than offset defections." There is a glimmer of merit to the contention, since voter turnout was just 53% in 1984. But partisans made the same arguments for Barry Goldwater in 1964 and George McGovern in 1972. The results were two of the biggest landslides...
Gephardt's last deal. Dick Gephardt had a problem. By dropping out of the race, he would lose the right to name a number of Missouri's at-large delegates who are still to be selected. Instead, Jackson (the runner-up in Missouri) would get to pick them. But Gephardt, now planning to run for re- election to the House, wanted to reward home-state supporters with convention seats. So he called Jackson and asked for the right to name Missouri's at- large delegates in return for helping Jackson with delegate slates in South Dakota and Texas. Jackson magnanimously...
...were close," Fish added "but we weren't sharp enough to beat them. It was a tough one to lose. I couldn't have been more pleased by the way the guys competed...
...rains, no one stands to lose money," Leff said. "The boat is big enough to accomodate all the people indoors." In case of a downpour, however, it might be cancelled, he said. If possible, the cruise would be rescheduled, or a refund would be given, he said...