Word: loss
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have been in resort hotels. (He does not consider the Caribe Hilton primarily a resort hotel.) "Whenever you see an offer of a 'Hotel in the Pines,'" says he, "stay away from it." He bought the Palm Beach Biltmore, was glad to sell it for a net loss of $183,353, also lost money in a flyer in three Bermuda hotels...
Many students hold a third opinion that something is organically wrong with the system as it operates in several dining halls. They say that the kitchens were never meant to serve so many people, and that this has resulted in a loss of efficiency that makes it impossible to have food that is appetizing, imaginatively presented, and tastes good. They suggest either making long-run, changes in the system or allowing students not to pay for board...
Book thieves are finding projects more challenging than Lamont this year. Philip J. McNiff, Head Librarian of Lamont, reported yesterday that the loss of books is less of a problem now than it was last year...
...Marschallin, whom Strauss describes as "a beautiful woman of 32 . . . with Viennese grace and lightness," who has "one wet eye" from the loss of her young lover Octavian "and one dry" with sophistication, pretty Soprano Eleanor Steber could not quite make up in tenderness and charm what she lacked in opulence. Contralto Risë Stevens' attractive singing as Octavian was marred only by her unattractive grimacing. Even so, with Veteran Bass Eugene List as Baron Ochs, and with the help of two new imports, Dresden's Coloratura Erna Berger as a pert, brilliant Sophie, and Vienna...
...along neck and neck, each holding service. Then he wins." From Milwaukee to White Plains, N.Y. and on through Pittsfield and Springfield, Mass., it had been as simple as that. When his pro tour with Big Jake Kramer reached Washington, D.C. last week, Gonzales was hollow-eyed from loss of sleep and the humiliation of 17 defeats against three wins...