Word: losses
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Chaired by New York Democrat Otis Pike, the subcommittee has been investigating the capture of U.S.S. Pueblo and the loss of an EC-121 reconnaissance plane, which was shot down by the North Koreans last April with the loss of 31 men. The committee concluded: "The inquiry reveals the existence of a vast and complex military structure capable of acquiring almost infinite amounts of information but with a demonstrated inability, in these two instances, to relay this information in a timely and comprehensible fashion to those charged with the responsibility for making decisions." Equally disturbing was the finding that...
...loss of hope: I simply cannot live there any longer. This feeling is something stronger than me. I just can't go on living there. If I were now to find myself again in the Soviet Union, I should go out of my mind. If I were not a writer, I might have been able to bear it. But, since I am a writer, I can't. Writing is the only occupation in the world that seriously appeals to me. When I write, I have the illusion that there is some sort of sense in my life...
Sarkees fear that union with Guernsey would mean a loss of their ancient privileges. On Sark there is no personal income tax. Instead, after consulting, a dozen of the island's leading citizens set a "poor tax," based on how prosperous a resident appears. "We more or less guess," says William Baker, head of the island's parliament, which is called the Court of Chief Pleas. "We know approximately how much money everyone has and decide how much he can afford...
...message might well have been meant for all African Catholics. The more quickly Africa develops-as the Pope wants it to-the more quickly will it face the forces that are disrupting Catholicism in developed countries-urbanization, secularization, loss of faith altogether. Perhaps, as the Pope suggested in one address, the African's "deep sense of community" will help offset these forces, but the church's task will not be easy. Nonetheless, when the papal retinue departed Uganda Saturday, Paul VI left behind a church with a newly realized sense of self and a new pride in virtues...
...stock market's $100 billion decline since mid-May has wounded every kind of investor-amateur and professional, neophyte and veteran, racy speculator and wary conservative. The psyche has been hurt as badly as the pocketbook, and the pain of loss is sharpened by the thought of what might have been. Though every investment is a risk, more investors than usual are furious at their brokers for having talked them out of selling last spring, when they could have cashed in rich profits...