Word: gain
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...suburbs and, in the long run, only the suburbs, will gain in the upheaval resulting from reapportionment," said William J. D. Boyd of the National Municipal League two years ago, and he has been proved right. In state elections last year, Republicans gained 45 new seats in reapportioned legislatures v. 25 for the Democrats. In Pennsylvania, ultraconservative upstate Republicans were replaced-but by other Republicans, from the suburbs of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In Illinois...
...state representatives are first-termers; in Utah, 56 of the 97 house and senate members are freshmen; 25 of Nevada's 60 lawmakers are sitting in the legislature for the first time. "It may be two or three legislatures from now before the new crop of lawmakers gain the experience necessary to make the system work," says a political veteran in Tennessee...
Undefeated Army will try to gain its first outdoor victory over Harvard since 1964 when it clashes with the Crimson trackmen Saturday at Soldiers Field. Army has the best dual-meet squad in the East, but Harvard is given a good chance to register an upset...
After flirting with the psychological 900-point barrier for nearly two weeks, the Dow-Jones industrial average leaped across it by bounding 5.18 points in one day to 901.95. By week's end, the index forged ahead to 905.96, for a week's gain of 8.91. That was its highest closing since May 4, 1966, and a comeback of 22% from last October...
...orders placed with factories rose modestly in March, the Commerce Department reported last week. And manufacturers' inventories showed their smallest gain ($311 million) in almost two years, as rising retail sales eased economists' worry over the "inventory overhang." Says President Robert Williams of Youngstown Sheet & Tube: "Customer stocks of steel have come down pretty well. We have seen the bottom of our operating curve." Says Alcoa President John Harper: "We feel the economy will gather strength. We expect the aluminum industry to grow faster than the economy...