Word: benefited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first time in New York, for the benefit of television watchers, boxers wore new-style black-on-white and white-on-black trunks, instead of the familiar purple & black or red-&-black trunks...
...rumored that M. E. might veto the white-primary bill, the word got to the legislature. At week's end, the legislators quietly adjourned the session without passing the 3% sales-tax bill that would pay for M. E.'s road, hospital, education and old-age benefit program. A new legislature would not convene until after the general election...
...hundreds of athletes who have enjoyed the benefit of associating with Jaakko both on and off the track, like to think of him as the man who greeted them that first day with some unaffected remark like "All right now, you go 15 laps, nice, easy, medium speed today"; or who visited them at Stillman; or who was reported as shouting at one egotistical high school star circling the track on an opening day of practice, "That butterball...
...advanced work must aim at least for a cum laude, and to qualify for his Latin suffix must straddle himself with two extra half-courses. But this additional load is not supplemented with any tutorial assistance and the student must assimilate this extra helping by himself, without the benefit of well-versed personal guidance. Despite the claim that lab sections are the nearest thing possible to group tutorial, few of the section men become well-acquainted with their students and, with the exception of his advisor, the chemistry major must plod his formula-laden path alone...
Neighborhood bars were getting the most benefit from their video sets. Even men who don't frequent saloons would come in to see a hockey game. And free loaders were no problem; most people bought at least a few beers while they watched...