Word: lost
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mean the demise of the sea otter. "What might the coat cost?" it was asked. It might well cost the loss of another of the world's unique creatures. Since the inception of the present century more than 40 kinds of mammals have been exterminated. They are forever lost to us and all following generations...
...Lost in the clatter of criticism was an important accomplishment. Lindsay, for all his idealism, was unable to end the strike, while the more pragmatic Rockefeller did just that. The Governor's intervention also led, if indirectly, to an orderly means of settlement. As the Governor's press secretary, Leslie Slote, claimed: "John Lindsay has won a victory of style. In the end, my guy will win the victory of substance...
...coffers. Investigators charged that, while ostensibly grappling with such area-wide concerns as water conservation, smog control and sewage disposal in his $218-a-week post as ABAG's No. 2 man, Truax, 26, was also trying to beat the system in Las Vegas' casinos. He lost "at least $200,000" at one casino, says California Assistant Attorney General Marshall S. Mayer, and perhaps more than that at several others, where he was known as a generous tipper and a big, if unlucky, chemin de fer player...
...southern provincial capital, Saravane. The city is important because it sits astride Route 23, a main feeder to the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and commands the whole southern region. Last week an outnumbered royalist force of 1,000 managed to turn back attacks on two outposts defending it, but lost a third. "Some say the fighting in Laos is a forgotten war," said Brigadier General Oudone Sananikone, the Royal Army chief of staff, "but how can we forget what's going on? We have a foreign invasion of some 40,000 North Vietnamese." Control of Saravane would give...
...Wilson, obviously, has not had the breaks this Winter. But, after 14 years of losing teams, one gets the impression that this year wouldn't have been much different. Harvard lost to Northeastern and Boston University, neither of which boasts strong teams. Harvard lost to Williams--Big Three schools shouldn't lose to Little Three schools...