This risks being the moment when Europe loses ground "irretrievably", says a bruising collection of memos to the next European Commission being published by Bruegel on September 1st.

9月1日，Bruegel将出版一本提交给下届欧盟委员会的论文集。该论文集毫不客气地指出，届时欧盟可能遭受无法挽回的失败。

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As President Obama loses ground in the debate on overhauling health care, he is using his weekly Internet address to challenge what he calls "phony claims" by his critics.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Scenario: Open architecture prevails, PC makers win, Apple loses ground .

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We can't go back to a bubble-and-burst economy based on reckless speculation and spending beyond our means, where a relative few do spectacularly well while the middle class loses ground.

WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall in Los Angeles

But if it loses any more ground, Bavarians may one day find that they have an opposition after all.

ECONOMIST: Bavarian politics