1.   Although he was not yet born when Leon Fleisher suffered a repetitive-stress injury that slowly disabled his right hand, that loss had a far-reaching impact.

2.   And in Germany, a tennis-hungry nation stung also by the official retirement of Boris Becker, the loss of Graf has devastating implications.

3.   Asked what effect this loss would have on the season as a whole, offensive tackle Pete Kendall shrugged.

4.   Blood loss had to be kept to a minimum.

5.   A loss would have them three games behind the Chargers.

6.   A loss would have the opposite effect.

7.   But he figures the loss had as much to do with a great flaw in the Argentine character as with anything else.

8.   But other paper losses have cut deeper.

9.   But the land loss has dire implications, the report said.

10.   Championship losses have a way of sticking with you.