Word: losses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Vance listened impassively. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski clutched a notebook tightly. Carter sympathetically cited "the recent cowardly and unjustified attack by terrorists on innocent civilians in Israel," but he quickly added a corrective hint that Israel might have overreacted, since the raid, he said, "has resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and tens of thousands of people who are now homeless...
Economic aides press Carter to act; political counselors fear loss of votes...
Harvard bounced back with a 15-6 thrashing of C.W. Post on Wednesday, but its luck turned sour on Saturday as a last-second shot gave Hofstra a thrilling 10-9 victory and the Crimson their second loss of the young season...
From there, Fish took his troops to Georgia for their annual loss there, 7-2. Kevin Shaw salvaged singles and doubles wins. Todd Lundy lost in straight sets to nationally-ranked Wes Cash when he dropped a second set tiebreaker, 5-4, and freshman whiz Don Pompan lost in three sets at number...
...author succeeds in conveying a sense of loss without bathos. But his characters are familiar archetypes, and the family's newspaper gives off no scent of soul or sweat; too often the novel suggests the aroma of mothballs. The theme of A Family Trust demands a major treatment; it receives only a compelling outline. As a novelist, Ward Just is still promising rather than delivering...