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Word: gain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...junior varsity scored once against Dartmouth here yesterday. That was all it took to stop the Indian jayvees, 6 to 0, and thus gain Harvard's first major football victory of the season...

Author: By Pete Taub, | Title: Jayvees Lick Green, 6-0, For first Football Victory | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

...trained as a nurse in the north, and has fallen in love with a white doctor. When she returns to the South to escape the obvious complications of her attachment, she is bequeathed the estate of an old lady whom she nurses and later wins a court fight to gain possession of it. Her choice is between working among her people in the south, or going off with the doctor, who has pursued her, to start life anew...

Author: By David L. Ratner, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 10/19/1949 | See Source »

...Healey gained 20 yards on a beautiful broken-field run, carrying to the Crimson 43; but Harvard thereafter failed to gain, and Lowenstein punted all the way to the Army seven...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Hard-Hitting Army Team Mauls Varsity, 54-14; Score Is Highest Ever Piled Up Against Crimson | 10/16/1949 | See Source »

...attempted 36 passes thus far this season, and completed 17 for a total gain of 310 yards. His favorite target is offensive end Dan Foldberg. Last year Galiffa threw 112 times and gained 766 yards...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Mr. Blaik Fields A Capable Team | 10/15/1949 | See Source »

...that Harvard should throw fewer passes. This was a magnificent example of the second guess in action, coming, as it did, hard on the heels of the Cornell touchdown scored by intercepting a Noonan pass to the right flank. What the second-guesser forgot was the Harvard Managed to gain twice as much yardage through the air as on the ground (187 to 91). In fact, lack of defense against short passes was just about the only weakness Cornell showed. It was this that led Valpey to make short passes the key to his "game plan," and the fine showing...

Author: By Sedgwick W. Green, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 10/11/1949 | See Source »

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