Word: lost
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only had one consistent wrestler," he said, adding that other squad members continually lost to opponents who, at least on paper, were inferior to them...
Four hundred employees of Advent Corporation, who lost their jobs last week when the company shut down its Cambridge stereo and video production plant, will qualify for special federal financial aid for the next year...
Mass Maritime, which had beaten the Crimson in the squads' last three encounters, proved easy prey for the matmen. Once again, Harvard lost the first three matches, with freshmen twins Brian and David Baer falling in the 134- and 142-pound class, respectively...
Schrader is making an attempt to redeem an American heroic myth. He is trying to say that in the simple perceptions of unsophisticated people there are a strength and decency too often underestimated by media pundits who have lost touch with the values by which most of America still lives. When we see Scott's anguish as he witnesses a porno film starring his daughter, then watch him plunge bravely into that awful and degrading world searching for his child, we cannot help being moved...
However that quest may turn out, the father of relativity remains a moving figure, a 20th century Newton who set physics aflame and left an intellectual legacy so rich and profound that its depth is still a source of amazement and discovery. Yet Einstein, for his part, never lost sight of the humanity that new knowledge should serve. Says Einstein's executor, Economist Otto Nathan: "Even if he had never done science at all, he would have been one of the memorable figures of the century." That may be the exaggeration of a loyal friend. But as a centennial assessment...