Word: lostness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...freshman golfers lost to the Bulldogs, 4 to 3, though Crimson John Livingood sank a 35 ft. birdie putt on the 21st hole, to win the number one match. Playing conditions were excellent on the long, well-trapped course...
...While we were straining for victory, just close to the finish, a girl in the other boat lost her footing. I mean, her feet slipped out of her stirrups, or whatever you call those things, and she caught a crab. We won, just because of that...
...begins to count something on his fingers, then having lost his aplomb, his face breaks into a smile, he waves his arms and begins himself to applaud the question...
...entire ballet corps, the Bolshoi keeps the original four acts and focuses on the soloists, with the corps often planted in mere statuesque rows and curves. The traditional Swan Lake ending, which is authentically portrayed by the Royal Ballet-the Princess changed back into a swan, forever lost to the world-is drastically altered in the Bolshoi version...
...effect of this artificially high base, says Balderston, is that it crimps U.S. competition abroad (see Foreign Competition) and causes job losses at home. "The recent behavior of prices suggests that American firms have not improved their ability to compete at home or abroad. You hear of business being lost to foreign firms. This should give us cause to ponder, particularly about losses in lines where we have traditionally had an advantage. And firms can price themselves out of domestic markets, too. This should lead us to question whether job opportunities would not be greater if some prices were lower...