Word: lost
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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WITH THE CANCELLATION of Expository Writing's fiction option last week, Harvard and Radcliffe freshmen lost a valuable opportunity to write fiction in a small-group environment without the competitive pressure of advanced-level ficiton courses...
...like to say something bad because the racquetmen finished with an 8-2 record instead of the traditional 10-0. I'd like to say something bad because they finished third in the country instead of the traditional first. I'd like to say something bad because they lost to both Princeton and Pennsylvania, marking the first time since The War (and I don't mean Vietnam) that a Crimson racquet squad has lost two matches in one season...
...anything dangerous. When it gets dangerous I get lost." --The credo of Jim Rockford...
...coordination en masse; with so many different levels of skill on stage together, more winced than waltzed. Fred Barton's music is some of the best around, but when every piece is accompanied by the same movements and played too loud to let the lyrics come through, something gets lost in the translation. If you really want to hear the lyrics--or as few of them as the chorus enunciates--don't sit in the balcony. Most of the voices are too weak to carry. Like Borowitz, the director and choreographer work on the if-it-works-once...
...started pole vaulting in seventh grade because that year I ran the 75-yd. dash and lost every time, so I figured I'd better find a different event," the Palos Verdes native said...