Word: gain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University Interscholastic Meet which will be held in the Stadium tomorrow afternoon, while the University and Freshman runners are at New Haven. The meet will be held as in former years, starting at 2 o'clock. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded, and the winning team will gain possession for a year of a cup presented by University graduates for the winners of this meet...
...finally come to a stop. Whether it has been a great enemy victory or a triumph of Allied resistance is a relative question which time alone can determine. In point of territory conquered it has been the most significant movement of the latter years of the war. An Allied gain of equal importance would have been heralded as a great victory. There is, therefore, no discounting the fact that the Allies have suffered a serious set-back. Upon the other side, however, the Allied line has remained intact, retreating only before superior numbers and inflicting tremendous losses upon the enemy...
...opportunity is limited to men of 20 years of age or over; those younger, however, may gain beforehand a basis of technical, military, and international information which will be invaluable at sea. Since before receiving a commission every applicant must have served at least three months' active sea duty, the ideal plan for men nearing the required age is to enlist actively in the summer and to take the college course in the year following. Daily Princetonian
Military Science 2 men will not have to pay for their summer training at the University, as they had practically the same work last year. They will have, however, ample opportunity to gain experience in commanding as officers and non-commissioned officers in the regiment...
...evacuated it will not be because of the defection of the British soldiers. Regardless of the loss of the Passchendaele Ridge before the city and the Wytschaete Ridge with Kemmel Hill on its south flank, the English battalions have matched German blow with British blow, German gain with British gain in the immediate environs of the city, and seem able to keep the Hun indefinitely from the Belgian city hallowed by so much British blood until the higher command shall order their advance or withdrawal...