Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...United States is clearly following its policy of containment and will never permit the Communists any "toehold" beneath the present division line. The Communists, on the other hand, have been fighting for over twenty years to gain what they believe is their share of political representation in Vietnam. All talk of negotiation becomes meaningless unless either side concedes on this key issue...
...occupations, eating and working. A gourmet with exotic tastes, Capucine has been known to consume anything that has flavor. She has eaten chicken-entrail stew in Cambodia, honey bats in Mauritius, and sheep eyes in North Africa. Despite her exotic intake, she remains a model of gauntness. "I only gain weight when I am terribly depressed," she maintains. Apparently, there is nothing depressing Capucine at present, except the gnawing feeling that the pussycat may be keeping so cool that as a comedienne she is growing cold. As she views the progress of the sex kittens in Hollywood, she sometimes broods...
touchdown pass-lefthanded. So what else is new? He has scored as many as four touchdowns in a single game (against the Minnesota Vikings two months ago), averaged 4.4 yds. every time he has carried the ball, caught 26 passes for an average gain of 15.6 yds., broken a National Football League rec ord for touchdowns by a rookie (14), and virtually sewed up the N.F.L.'s Rookie of the Year award. But he hasn't felt much excitement yet. "May be," he says hopefully,"the excitement will come later...
...deficit of $7 billion or $8 billion this fiscal year as a result of stepped-up spending for the Viet Nam fighting. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week that consumer prices edged up again in October to a record 110.4% of their 1957-59 level, bringing the gain in the past year to 1.8%. Unemployment fell to an eight-year low of 4.2% in November, just a bit away from what the Administration considers virtual full employment. Still, the U.S. does not yet have classical inflation-a sustained price rise of more than 2% a year. Industrial production...
...against what most Cliffles regard as a symbol of their natural right--the long phone cord--is being waged gain at Radcliffe...