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Kurosawa has commented on the lasting sense of loss he felt at his brother's death and the chapter of his autobiography that describes it — written nearly half a century after the event — is titled, " A Story I Don't Want to Tell.
KFC had been founded in 1910, had nearly become National Champion in 1934 through a narrow loss to Ajax in the finals, and had been professional since 1955.
During that time his sister's family visited, and Orwell led a disastrous boating expedition which nearly led to loss of life whilst trying to cross the notorious gulf of Corryvreckan and gave him a soaking which was not good for his health.
Public resistance to the historical loss forced a revision of his plan, however, and the project was nearly abandoned.
By age 50, nearly 90 % of U. S. coal miners have some hearing loss, compared to only 10 % among workers not exposed to loud noises.
" Transfers and political upheavals nearly caused the total loss of all the archival material preceding Innocent III.
* 1914 – German submarine SM U-9 torpedoes and sinks the British cruisers, HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy on the Broad Fourteens off the Dutch coast with the loss of nearly 1400 men and boys.
An enormous loss of life and property value came in 2005, when Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly the entire city of New Orleans.
In 2010, nearly forty years after the 1971 loss of signal from Lunokhod 1, the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed its tracks and final location, and researchers, using a telescopic pulsed-laser rangefinder, detected the robot's retroreflector.
After nearly six months of extreme volatility during which the Dow experienced its largest one day point loss, largest daily point gain, and largest intra-day range ( more than 1, 000 points ), the index closed at a new twelve-year low of 6, 547. 05 on March 9, 2009 ( after an intra-day low of 6, 469. 95 during the March 6 session ), its lowest close since April 1997, and had lost 20 % of its value in only six weeks.
Festivals with international stars and noteworthy films gave way to others filled with bombastic socialist rhetoric, which nearly caused the complete loss of the festival audience.
Other, nearly pathognomonic signs of hyperthyroidism are excessive sweating, high pulse during sleep, and a pattern of weight loss with increased appetite ( although this may also occur in diabetes mellitus and malabsorption or intestinal parasitism ).
Shortly before the end of the war, on 14 March 1945 the city was nearly completely destroyed from bombing by the Royal Canadian Air Force, with the loss of more than 200 lives.
Since the development of teriparatide, this severe bone loss has been able to be reversed in nearly every case.
This crusade against the machines lasts for nearly a century, with much loss of human life, ending in human victory at the Battle of Corrin.
In 1376, Pope Gregory XI, fearing a loss of the Papal States, decided to move his court back to Rome after nearly 70 years in Avignon.
Though he had been undefeated since a loss against David Tua in 1996, the level of competition Ruiz had been facing was suspect and the only name he had beaten was a nearly 40 year old Tony Tucker.
As of July 2002, its population was estimated at 16, 897, a loss of nearly 350 people from the 2000 census figure of 17, 243.
Jesús was unable to get a fight for nearly a year but had vowed to avenge his loss.
Indeed, the events of October 1970 galvanized a loss of support for the violent wing of the Quebec separatist movement that had gained support over nearly ten years, and increased support for political means of attaining independence, including support for the separatist Parti Québécois, which went on to take power at the provincial level in 1976.
Ransom E. Olds left the town of Oldsmar after suffering a financial loss of nearly $ 3, 000, 000.
Due to the severe loss of jobs, the city's population decreased by nearly 30, 000 during that period.
However, with the decline of the timber industry in Oregon, the railroad reported a loss of nearly $ 1 Million between 2002 – 04.
Being that nearly all of the commercial area of Smokey Point was petitioned to be annexed into Arlington, the loss of such a tax base would have been devastating to the Lakewood School District.
Uncommonly, Elektra's classical division ( Nonesuch ) was operated on a nearly pro bono basis due to profits generated by popular music releases, and the removal of Nonesuch records from Hudson's represented a significant loss for the corporation.

loss and quarter
The church posted an $ 8 million financial loss in fiscal 2003, and in 2004 cut 125 jobs, a quarter of the staff, at the Christian Science Monitor.
Cessna's parent company Textron posted a loss of US $ 8M in the first quarter of 2010, largely driven by continuing low sales at Cessna, which were down 44 %.
Canion had allowed competitors such as Dell Computer, AST Research, and Gateway 2000 to undercut Compaq with cheaper offerings, that led to a $ 71 million loss for that quarter, Compaq's first loss as a company.
The following year, they lost the championship to the Colts again, giving up a 16 – 9 4th quarter lead enroute to 31 – 16 loss.
However, the team would come up short in the playoffs again, blowing a fourth quarter lead at home in a 24 – 21 loss to the New England Patriots.
But Denver's defense made a great stand in the opening minutes of the second quarter, tackling Anderson for no gain on third down and 1, and then stopping him for a 2-yard loss on a fourth down conversion attempt.
The belligerents declared an armistice from 4 June 1813 ( continuing until 13 August ) during which time both sides attempted to recover from the loss of approximately a quarter of a million total men in the preceding two months.
* October 16 Enron announces a third quarter loss of $ 618 million.
On the other hand, carelessness and neglect were severely punished, as in the case of the unskillful physician, if it led to loss of life or limb, his hands were cut off ; a slave had to be replaced, the loss of his eye paid for by half his value ; a veterinary surgeon who caused the death of an ox or donkey paid quarter value ; a builder whose careless workmanship caused death lost his life or paid for it by the death of his child, replaced slave or goods and in any case, had to rebuild the house or make good any damages due to defective building and repair the defect as well.
The change from First quarter loss to Second quarter profit becomes Percentage change in loss by-200 % to turn a profit of 100.
The uneven implementation of fiscal adjustments and reforms, a worsening global macroeconomic environment, and political instability led to the complete loss of market access and intensified capital flight by the second quarter of 2001.
In the fourth quarter of 2005, Telenor disposed of its operations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with a loss of NOK 63 million.
In Game 6, the Pistons entered the fourth quarter leading 70 – 60, but a lack of focus, a poor game from Rasheed Wallace, and a rally-killing turnover by Tayshaun Prince ultimately led to their demise ; the Pistons ended their season with an 89 – 81 loss.
The windage of a cannon was often as much as a quarter of an inch and caused a considerable loss of projectile power.
Two months later, August 20, Harken announced a larger than expected loss for the previous quarter.
After the merger, AMC had its first profitable quarter during second three months in 1955, earning $ 1, 592, 307 ( US $ in dollars ) compared to a loss of $ 3, 848, 667 ( US $ in dollars ) during the same period in the previous year.
After Iraq lost, 4 – 1, to Japan in the quarter finals of the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon, goalkeeper Hashim Hassan, defender Abdul Jaber and forward Qahtan Chatir were labelled as guilty of loss and eventually flogged for three days by Uday's security.
After a Game 3 loss in which Duncan was held scoreless in the third quarter and committed three turnovers in the last quarter, Duncan rebounded with 28 points and 18 rebounds in a Game 4 win, and in Game 5, the Spurs protected a 78 – 77 lead seconds from the end with the ball in the Knicks ' possession.
Ironically England won the series at Trinidad with no help from Snow ( 0 / 68 and 1 / 29 ) thanks to a sporting declaration by Gary Sobers giving England two and three quarter hours to make 215 for victory, which they did for the loss of three wickets with three minutes to spare.

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