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Word: losings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...order for Harvard to now win the league outright, it will not only have to defeat defending league champion Pennsylvania this week and then Yale on the road, but both Yale and Brown will also have to lose twice, and Cornell once. This scenario appears particularly unlikely considering that Brown's two remaining opponents are Dartmouth and Columbia, two squads that boast a combined record...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Around the Ivy: Yale, Brown in First with Two Weeks Left | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

...have to be careful...not to lose the middle ground," he says in a deep, calm voice. "Otherwise we become a city of the very very rich and the working poor...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, -- | Title: City Council Notepad: Michael Sullivan | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

...very impatient, and I hate to lose," Kerr said. "I want to really compete for the Ivy League next season, for two reasons. One, it's our division, and you really get credibility if you win it. Two, it gives you an automatic bid into the NCAAs. That is going to be our goal each and every year, and I'm hoping that with what we're building here it won't take us too long...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: John Kerr: Building a Contender | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

Melissa's choice was a tough blow to the Harvard women's basketball program. Not only did Harvard lose a potential impact player, but also Melissa contributed four points against Harvard in the UNC's 78-53 win in the first round of the 1997 NCAA tournament...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Johnson and Johnson | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

...John Dickerson cautions voters to take both candidates' figures with a grain of salt. "The surplus on which Bradley's plan relies is one of the fundamental lies in Washington, and Gore relies on the same lie in his plan," says Dickerson. But, he adds, Bradley has more to lose by campaigning on shaky budget projections, as Gore is part of the Clinton administration (which has trumpeted the surplus), "so you'd expect that charade from him. But Bradley has suggested his is a different type of campaign, that he's a politician of a higher moral order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ouch! Al and Bill Find Something to Fight About | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

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