Word: losses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Myron Winick of New York City's Columbia University Institute of Nutrition: "Victims of starvation have to adapt. But once they do, they have a very small margin for error." Death comes in many ways. The intestinal walls become damaged; severe and constant diarrhea may develop. The loss of body fluids containing electrolytes (particularly potassium) that help control heart rhythm can lead to circulatory collapse. Lack of food weakens the body's natural defense system against infection; crowded together with inadequate sanitation and nonexistent medical care, the starving-as the refugee experience proves-become prey to typhoid, cholera...
...boardroom of Chrysler Corp.'s offices atop the Pan Am building in Manhattan was understandably subdued. Sales were still slumping, costs continued to soar, and back in Detroit the company had earlier in the week announced a third-quarter deficit of $461 million, by far the largest quarterly loss in its troubled financial history...
...dominate the dreams of Harvard hockey fans, those who foster delusions of grandeur for a quick charge from The Bright will center their attention on the inexperienced Crimson defense. Hopes are that freshmen Mark Fusco (of Burlington, Mass.) and Scott Sangster can help fill the gap left by the loss of Mitch Olsen and Jackie Hughes...
What began in September as a rebuilding season ended late yesterday afternoon as just that when the Harvard field hockey team closed out its 1979 season with a disappointing 3-0 loss to Northeastern...
...something happened. First a loss to Dartmouth. The a narrow victory over inferior Brown. Then another loss, this time to Princeton. Than UConn. Then Yale. All well-played games; all demoralizing losses...