Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...national elections of 1967 sharply reduced its once-overwhelming majority in Parliament. For millions of Indians, the stability ensured by Congress Party rule no longer outweighs the drift, indecisiveness, lack of discipline, and corruption that go with it. If the minority parties-right and left -continue to gain popularity, the national elections scheduled for 1972 may well bury the party permanently...
Under common law, the states own the portion of the beaches that lies between low and high water marks; the so-called "wet sand" is thus open to anyone. But it has never been made clear whether a person has the right to cross private property to gain access to that public land. In fact, some states grant vested rights in the beaches to the localities, which also claim authority to enforce restrictions on bathing by virtue of their police power. As a consequence, the law varies enormously from state to state and the rights of the public remain...
...court, asking for $75 million in damages. They charged the U.M.W. with conspiring with its welfare fund, with the union-owned National Bank of Washington and with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association to defraud them of their pensions through fiscal mismanagement and the manipulation of union funds for private gain...
...awesome statistic. Dr. Scheffer begins the year in "a quiet month in autumn in the northeastern Pacific," with his calf whale backing into the world tail first-14 feet long, weighing a ton, ready to swim. Nursing for two years on mother's milk, the little leviathan will gain seven pounds a day. Sexual maturity will arrive at the age of nine, but he will not reach full growth until he is 30 to 45. Then he may be as much as 60 feet long and 60 tons in weight. He will be able to cruise at six knots...
...catchy and promising phrase "black capitalism" became part of the language when Richard Nixon promised during his election campaign that his Administration would step up loans and other aid for Negroes to start their own businesses. As Nixon put it, the Government should act decisively to help Negroes gain their fair "piece of the action." The rather general idea that Negroes should lift themselves up through business ownership, as many other ethnic groups had done in the U.S., inspired hope and some votes among people of all races. "To the extent that programs of 'black capitalism' are successful...