Word: lossing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mattey, now 69 and a senior vice president at Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, blames the suicides on the psychology of the era. "Then people seemed to be more affected by the loss of money than they are today. When people lose a lot of money now, they just plan on how they are going to make a winner somewhere down the road. The people who lost then appeared despondent. They didn't seem to be in a frame of mind in which they could possibly make a comeback...
Princeton took an early lead after two lackluster possessions by the Crimson. On the opening series, quarterback Burke St. John was sacked twice for a combined loss of nine yards...
...almost happened at Soldiers Field on Saturday, but Harvard's revitalized second-half offense was not enough to overcome Princeton as the Tigers handed the Crimson its fifth consecutive loss...
Beatrice recovered his own fumble for a four-yd. loss on a pitchout. A halfback option took Harvard four yards further from the goal line; and on third and 18, St. John was sacked to take Harvard back to the 41 and out of field goal range...
...John strung together another series of completions using the sidelines effectively as the first half wound down and brought Harvard to the enemy 21. But a six-yd. loss on a rollout pass to Beatrice brought in Dave Cody for a 44-yd. field goal try with five seconds left. Cody's kick into the swirling wind fell short as time expired...