Word: gain
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This change should help end the unfortunate isolation of the Medical School. Nothing can be done, of course, to eliminate the physical separation between the Med School and the rest of the University, but students on both sides of the Charles stand to gain from increased contacts...
...Before people gain political power, they need a cultural base...
Strong Plants. As for Powell's political future, ironically he can only gain from his foray into the lions' den. Elected to his eleventh term in the House in 1964 by a 9-to-l margin, he has always been, in the eyes of his constituents, an audacious Daniel in the white man's Congress...
Even the Communists of Eastern Europe, who in the past were content to condone China's aberrations in order to gain more leverage from the Sino-So viet split, are now roundly denouncing the Red Chinese as "insane." Hungarian Communist Boss Janos Kadar calls the events in China a "national tragedy." East Germany has accused the Red Chinese of "encouraging the cult of Mao to boundless excesses...
...last, the bulls returned to Wall Street. For the first time since June, investors got a rise out of the stock market on Monday-the Dow-Jones industrial index spurted 15 points for the best single-day gain in 15 months. At week's end the Dow-Jones had risen 39 points, to 814, regaining $25 billion in paper values. As if to celebrate, hundreds of Wall Streeters observed "Mexico in New York Week" by watching an open-air performance by Mexican folk dancers and a troupe of musicians aptly called Los Toritos-The Little Bulls...