Word: lossing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When all 42 million votes were counted, the Communists had dropped from 34.4% of the popular vote in 1976 to 30.4% and suffered a loss of 26 parliamentary seats. That reduced its strength in the 630-seat Chamber of Deputies to 201. It was the first national election setback experienced by the P.C.I, in postwar history. The Christian Democrats, who overconfidently expected to score significant gains, could hardly brag about their own performance. The party that has dominated every Italian government since 1946 slipped fractionally from 38.7% to 38.3% of the popular vote and lost one seat in the lower...
...groggily from a stunning roundhouse, a weakened Administration got back into the fight against inflation last week. It was time for some new tactics, since a federal judge had struck down President Carter's threat to withhold Government contracts from firms that breached his wage-price guidelines. The loss of the procurement sanction undercuts management's ability to resist granting powerful unions, already contemptuous of the guidelines, fat pay raises. A rash of big settlements for organized labor could also pull up wages for many nonunion workers, who are close to 60% of the work force...
...next to his coach (Pancho Gonzalez, playing himself and, very nicely too). Obviously someone terribly important in the kid's life is missing, and Vilas blows him out in the first two sets. How the lad (Dean-Paul Martin) got to Wimbledon, and the reason for his sudden loss of poise, is told in a series of flashbacks intercut with the unfolding drama of the big match...
With its arena in ruins, Kansas City faces an immediate financial loss if it cannot rebook scheduled events into other facilities. The earliest projected date that the coliseum can reopen is November. City officials are worried, however, that even after the coliseum is thoroughly checked out and rebuilt, Kansas City residents will be afraid...
Factors other than a loss of faith in government may also be at work: a competitive culture, high anxiety about the economy and conflicting reports on which shortages are long-term or temporary. Says Sociologist Jackie Boles of Georgia State University: "At times like this we need strong leadership to jolt people out of this competitive behavior. Unfortunately, our leadership has said, 'Yes, we have an energy shortage,' and 'No, we don't have an energy shortage.' People are operating in a vacuum of leadership." Adds Brenner: "The public will try to get the facts...