The private, nonprofit university lost its residency program in 2006, came close to losing its accreditation in 2009 and has suffered serious financial problems.
But has Opera Australia lost its nerve to program large-scale homegrown stories outside arts festivals where audiences are willing to try something new?
The Montrose hospital, in a consolidation with Castle Point that began 10 years ago along with other cost-cutting measures, has already lost its surgical unit, programs to teach veterans carpentry and electrical work, a pool that was used for aquatherapy and amenities like a movie theater.
The program lost its place largely as a result of blunders by the program's former owner, Novell, and astute marketing by Microsoft, which figured out before anyone else that programs packaged in office suites were popular.
The 6 p.m. program lost its longtime No. 1 rating for three sweep periods last year, regaining it by a slim margin this fall shortly after a co-anchor, Diana Williams, was brought in.
Has the program lost its sense of churchmanship?
Mr. Coletti said the original program lost its focus as the construction authority gave increasing emphasis to its primary task, building and repairing the city's schools.
In the last three years, TNS has cut its Reading Recovery program, lost its assistant principal and its half-time math and literacy coaches and increased class size in every grade.
However, that program lost its funding in 2002.
The Clinton-Gore Administration's program lost its way as a consequence of its myopic focus on building cars that Washington wanted consumers to drive, rather than cars that consumers wanted to buy.
