Word: losing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While observing the world through Barker's rather narrow range of vision, it is easy to lapse into a Barker-like mentality and lose sight of how despicable he really is. There are moments during his sexual harassment hearing when it is possible to feel sympathy for Barker and indignation at his plight...
Reading Nice Work simply for the story is a waste of time. The characters are almost entirely one-dimensional. After introducing Vic and Robyn in the first section of the book, Lodge simply turns them loose--they almost automatically begin to lose their disrespect for one another, become friends and wind...
...Bush Administration should be trying harder to get China -- itself in need of some respectability these days -- to abandon its most disgraceful clients. The U.S. should also withhold aid to Sihanouk until he breaks with the Khmer Rouge entirely. Perhaps, deprived of all international tolerance, they will suffer defeats, lose their ability to recruit troops and fade into history...
LBOs invariably lose money at first because heavy debt charges soak up their earnings. RJR Nabisco, which went private last December in a record $25 billion buyout, last week reported a staggering $309 million loss for the second quarter. Reason: $1.05 billion in interest and debt expenses. In announcing the loss, RJR Nabisco said its basic food and tobacco operations, which include Nabisco cookies and Winston cigarettes, performed strongly; the company added that its program to sell assets was ahead of schedule. RJR Nabisco has already sold more than $2.5 billion of businesses, including most of its European food operations...
This outcome, however, does not seem likely given the now-imminent demise of the Contras and the apparent desire of the Nicaraguan government to appear fair. President Daniel Ortega has more to lose from the international outcry and the resumption of civil war following a military crackdown than he can gain...