Word: worsted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...worst thing that's ever happened to us," Jim stated disgustedly as he threw inebriates into the early morning rain. "There'll be no profits tonight," his son added amidst a flow of less printable opinions...
...Louis' Betting Commissioner James J. Carroll, who had quoted odds of 10 to 1 against Truman, lost more than $100,000. His worst-beating came from the bets he covered at 50 to 1 that Dewey would get fewer than 200 electoral votes...
From under a hot towel the dictator resumed a conversation with some visitors; he rumbled a volley of curses against Guatemala's President Juan José Arévalo, Tacho's worst enemy and the Legion's most forthright backer. As Tacho well knows, Arévalo is winking at the arming and training of Nicaraguan exiles to lead a revolution against his Nicaraguan neighbor...
...stocks listed, 1,174 were traded), the averages went down again. By week's end, the Dow-Jones industrial average was down to 178.94, a drop of 10.82, wiping out the gains of the pre-election rally of the last five weeks. It was the market's worst four days since the spring of 1940 (when the Nazis rolled over the Low Countries...
They were men without arms. They carried the ball without arms (five fumbles). They tried a passing game without arms (two for twelve). Worst of all, they tackled without arms...