Word: gain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...game was interesting throughout as at no time was either team able to gain much of a lead over the other. All the runs were made before the sixth inning, after which both teams were unable to bunch their hits...
...Sophomore crew raced the B. A. A. crew over the mile course in the basin yesterday afternoon. After some delay the start was made at half-past six from the Union boathouse. B. A. A. had the better of the start, but '99 continued to gain steadily, and at the half-mile had a lead of a length. From here the B. A. A. coxswain steered a shorter course out in the river, while the '99 boat continued to follow the wall, thus losing considerable distance. B. A. A. let her run at the mile a bit over a length...
...petition is being circulated to have the post office moved from its present location to more commodious quarters in the handsome new block about to be erected by the Cambridge Savings Bank on Dunster Street. Such a move would doubtless be advantageous, as the post office would thereby gain not only much larger and handsomer quarters but a more convenient location...
...believe that nothing better could be asked. Ninetynine has certainly done well in deciding to hold a Sophomore dinner. For Ninety-eight we suggest that two Senior dinners, one to be held in the first half of the Senior year and the other at Commencement would do much to gain these ends...
...careful analysis showing that this, the fundamental claim of the bimetallists is without foundation. Fall in prices has resulted merely from an immense but healthy growth in production. The debtor has not suffered, because there has been a constant rise in wages and money incomes. What would be the gain of bimetallism? None. Production would merely become feverish and speculative, and wages would only fall under a period of rising prices...