Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...point in getting in touch with him," Berg said on Monday, "because I don't think there's anything to gain from cooperating...
...make it even more difficult for Heineman to gain control, Goodrich persuaded shareholders to vote for the staggering of directors' terms. Thus, Northwest cannot possibly win a majority on the board until...
...wriggled in to gain a seat...
Rightful Owners. If the new proposals prove to be more than another mirage, Nixon's repeated claim that progress is being made will be justified. The Administration sorely needs to show some visible gain. The moratorium on criticism of the war in Congress and among the responsible antiwar groups is wearing poster-thin. During the past two weeks, delegations of students, mothers and business executives have renewed their complaints about the war in Washington. Last week, 1,300 Quakers picketed the White House. Two ranking Senate Republicans, Chief Whip Hugh Scott and George Aiken, the party's senior...
...They remove the climax vegetation--the tall aspen and spruce--and open up the land for other types of vegetation. Black bears fatten themselves for the winter on blueberries growing in old burns, and other animals also depend on the low shrubs and grasses that can only gain a toehold after a burn...