Word: lost
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...country that had been most weakened by the June war, the latest round of provocations proved difficult for the Israelis to understand. "There is something absurd in Jordan's approach," Defense Minister Moshe Dayan told the Knesset. "At times it behaves along the border as though we lost...
...settle the claim of a tenant who had fallen through a faulty wooden staircase. The victim later developed a severe psychosis. The landlady, who had to pay up as a result of the insurance company's refusal, was forced to sell off her assets. She became indigent, eventually lost her health and attempted suicide. She sued Security, and the California Supreme Court finally upheld an award that covered the excess she had had to pay over the insurance limit, plus damages for the mental suffering she had endured. The total tab to Security, including interest...
Nothing tickles a satellite nation more than turning the tables on Mother Russia. And last week at Grenoble, a pro-caliber Russian hockey team that had not lost a game in international competition since 1963 got its comeuppance from a gang of slam-bang Czechs, who spotted the Soviets a 1-0 lead, then struck back to win 5-4 and pull off the biggest upset of the entire winter games. Russia still managed to salvage a slightly tarnished gold medal when the Czechs could manage no better than a 2-2 tie in their final game against Sweden...
...change in command at the Times does not mean that the'Chandler family has lost any interest in the company. Norman Chandler, 68, who had grown weary of the top job's demanding pace, moves to a less arduous post as chairman of the executive committee. His son Otis, who becomes vice chairman of the board, will continue to publish the Times-which has vastly improved under his regime. And at 40, Otis still has plenty of years left to become chairman himself...
...year-old company. They remembered only too well what happened to Heinrich Lanz AG, which in 1956, at age 97, was bought out by the U.S.'s Deere & Co. Deere replaced the German management, struck the Lanz name from products, disregarded the labor union - and has almost consistently lost money on Lanz...