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21Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism — (2005; ISBN 1 4000 6317 5) is Robert Pape s analysis of suicide terrorism from a strategic, social, and psychological point of view. It is based on a database he has compiled at the University of Chicago, where he directs the Chicago Project on… …
22no-win situation — no win situations N COUNT If you are in a no win situation, any action you take will fail to benefit you in any way. It was a no win situation. Either she pretended she hated Ned and felt awful or admitted she loved him and felt even worse! …
23not win for losing — verb To repeatedly fail in ones gambles or efforts. Figure 1 depicts a number of these forces, and suggests the ways in which the Individualistic Ethic could not win for losing …
24lay an egg — fail to win the interest or favor of an audience Although he was supposed to be a good magician, his performance was terrible and it laid an egg with the audience …
25lose out — fail to win, miss first place in a contest He lost out on a chance to go to Mexico City because he was too busy with other things …
26Jack Lynch — Infobox Prime Minister name = Jack Lynch small birth date = birth date|1917|8|15|df=y birth place = Shandon, Cork, Ireland death date = death date and age|1999|10|20|1917|08|15|df=y death place = Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland office = Taoiseach… …
27Ireland — Irelander, n. /uyeur leuhnd/, n. 1. John, 1838 1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888 1918. 2. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin, Hibernia. a large western island of the British …
28Écarté — Infobox CardGame title =Écarté subtitle = image link = image caption = alt names = type = trick taking players = 2 ages = num cards = 32 deck = Anglo American play = Clockwise card rank = K Q J A 10 9 8 7 origin =France related = Whist, Euchre… …
29lose — [c]/luz / (say loohz) verb (lost, losing) –verb (t) 1. to come to be without, by some chance, and not know the whereabouts of: to lose a ring. 2. to suffer the loss or deprivation of: to lose one s life. 3. to be bereaved of by death: to lose a… …
30April 2007 in sports — NOTOC 2007 in sports : ← January February March April May June July August September October November December → 30 April 2007 (Monday)*Basketball: **2007 NBA Playoffs: First Round ***Cleveland Cavaliers 97, Washington Wizards 90, Cavaliers win… …
