Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...receive, Yale started the game in slam-bang fashion. Jim Fisher took Jim Babcock kickoff on his two-yard line, veered to the left, and eluded the grasp of several Harvard tacklers. He was finally hit on the Crimson's 36-yard line by safetyman Tom Williamson after a gain of 62 yards...
...Chancellor's ambitious plans for the formierte Gesellschaft face formidable obstacles. Under the German constitution, such fiscal reform would have to be approved by the Lander, then gain a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag. Erhard is the first to admit that his ambitious proposals cannot-and should not-be imposed on the nation by fiat. Instead, he contemplates the use of simple public exhortation to civic responsibility-the Seelenmassage (soul massage) that he has used for years to win over West Germans to his programs for social betterment through economic reforms...
...tall and strong and swift of foot were they Beyond the dwarfing city's pale abortions Because their thought had never been the prey Of care or gain; the green woods were their portions...
Striker, who works without salary and has poured $50,000 of his own money into the Institute, has the full backing of many artists in his bid to gain the rights to make authorized one-copy-only tapes of live performances. "What wouldn't we give," says Striker, "to hear Paganini play his Caprices, or Malibran sing Bellini? The next generation may be as critical of us if we neglect to fully preserve the great music...
...consensus can survive in a vacuum. By continuing to withhold the testimony of his own officials, the President may succeed in keeping ammunition from his enemies, but he cannot hope to gain popular acceptance for his policies. Rather than ending debate or criticism, his policy of secrecy only insures that both will be uninformed...