Word: losings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...makes them possible. "Recent research," said the Bulletin, "has shown that water is nearly perfect as a 'black body' or a body that easily gives off heat by radiation." The pond must keep cool so that dew will condense in it, and so that it will not lose much water by evaporation. If it is insulated, it will not absorb much heat from the earth. The heat it absorbs from the air and the sun can be lost by radiation. In principle, it is something like a thermos bottle for cold drinks...
...which they couldn't quite bring themselves to throw out after the last exam, and which now represent the sole tangible total of a thousand lectures and a thousand hours in the libraries--their college education in final essence. And the name of Harvard, that which they can never lose now, graven on a sheet of parchment and 650 young hearts--that goes with them...
Observers agree that the Reich will attempt to unsnarl her tangle by selling more abroad, particularly to Great Britain, but British financial interests, which stand to lose most on the Austrian loans, are unlikely to accept such a solution until the loans are settled. Britain holds an ax over the Reich because she can deduct German debts from the money Britons owe German exporters. Last week, the potent Association of British Chambers of Commerce urged that the exchange clearing bill, passed in 1934 but never implemented, be enforced. But as such a move would blight Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain...
From an undergraduate viewpoint, the chief fault of the present House dances is that they almost invariably lose money, but this is an evil which only experience can cure, and it is not one that concerns the University. The only charge that the Dean's Office can legitimately lay on House doorsteps is that their dances bring undue notoriety to the College. It should be remembered, however, that this odor of debauchery is smelled only by the bluer noses of Boston society, and is nothing to the nation-wide publicity that would attend a University "trot...
...record of seven wins and two losses with three games left to play. Dartmouth has won eight and lost three, and Saturday's game is her final contest. If Harvard can win the game, it is at least assured of a tie for the title, even if it should lose its remaining games with Yale...