But tonight, after completing a startling turnaround from a team that had never enjoyed a winning season until this one, Billick was practically at a loss for words.
A year ago in Boston I had dinner with the Panamanian jazz pianist Danilo Pérez, and when I told him this story, he pulled out his cellphone and asked me, "Would you like to talk to Wayne, Haruki?" "Of course," I said, practically at a loss for words.
OCT examination of focal light damage, well demarcated by the autofluorescence pattern, revealed a practically complete loss of photoreceptors with preservation of inner retinal layers, but also more subtle changes like edema formation.
Surprisingly, beside the drastic changes in mitochondrial architecture, there is a practically complete loss of respiratory complexes.
Where "One For My Baby" was the thing itself as a torch song, a perfect shard of pain, "Blues in the Night" was an aria of loss, practically a multi-act opera.
But practically, the loss of a few hundred passports here and there is hardly a matter of grave concern.
Banished from the Civic sedan lineup is the base DX model, a loss leader that practically no one bought anyhow.
The study benefited from a nationwide coverage, a long follow-up, practically no loss to follow-up, and adjustment for a wide range of potential confounders.
Already in a situation where more than a loss or two would practically eliminate them from consideration for an at-large berth to the N.C.A.A. tournament, the Huskies responded with an 11-2 run to open the second half and were back to within a point with 15 minutes 31 seconds to play.
Still, for Democrats a loss is a loss which is practically the party's unofficial motto at this point.
