Word: losing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President contended that he has no plans to take Bork out of the running. "I don't think it's decided yet," Reagan said, "and I'm working my head off to make sure we don't lose it." Administration head counters say that 43 Senators favor Bork and deduce that some 17 are still undecided. Last week the President met with five of the fence sitters in the White House. Reagan is hoping he will have at least a couple of weeks for intensive lobbying between Tuesday's scheduled Judiciary Committee vote and a full Senate roll call...
...Smart, Move Fast, or even How to Make It Big as a Consultant. At the airport newsstand a magazine cover line catches the eye: MANAGEMENT SECRETS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. Now there was a role model for the ages, a boss who could communicate in the "I win, you lose" mode and get away with it. A guy who conquered Iran, no less...
SHOULD THIS elevating contact with some of Britain's looniest minds lose its charm, the research assistant alternately can choose to immerse himself in the topics of national importance with which he has been entrusted...
Friedenthal said that a school's environment was affected by "any dispute that raises itself to the level where those involved begin to lose sight of the overall educational value of dissent...
...Harvard is to be considered a threat to the Ivy title, it will have to make a strong showing against both squads. Win or lose, though, Harvard will get another crack at both teams in the Ivy League Tournament, in November in New York...