Word: losing
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...Orrin Hatch of Utah said, "If we politicize the judiciary of this country...we will lose one of the most valued liberties and freedoms...
...this year, to some $160 billion, many economists fear it will begin rising again in 1988. The Treasury's ability to borrow so heavily depends on foreign buyers of U.S. bonds, whom the Government lures by keeping domestic interest rates at relatively high levels. If those investors were to lose confidence in the U.S. and start pulling out their money, interest rates could rise to heights that would choke the economy...
...Honda Preludes. The difference is that consumers in 1987 can choose from many more enticing borrowing vehicles, most notably an array of credit cards with huge credit lines at high interest rates. Potentially the most dangerous new device is the home-equity loan. Homeowners who borrow too heavily could lose their houses if a recession left them out of a job and unable to make payments. "The real irony will be if everyone's Rock of Gibraltar asset turns out to be a house of cards," says John Makin, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank...
LAST MARCH I was in Kissimmee, Florida watching my beloved Boston Red Sox blow an early lead and lose a spring training game to the Houston Astros. Although I was upset by the way the Sox lost--on a late-inning home run hit off reliever Calvin Schiraldi--I left the stadium excited about the season ahead...
...Schroeder, who coined the term "Teflon president" to refer to President Reagan and has referred to the announced Democratic contenders as "a bowl of unset Jello," urged her supporters to "build on gains we have made and not lose them...