Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bauer tallied twice within 18 seconds on tip-ins in front of the crease to make the score 5-1 and gain his hat trick. Then, with two Wildcats and one Crimson man in the penalty box, Dave Jones added the sixth goal on a slap shot from the blue line...
...sponsors and teachers in her invocation: "We've been given the impression that you all had only one big dream-a dream to help those of us who had almost given up hope. You boosted our morale and gave many of us the strength we needed to gain back our willpower to learn and our anxiety to make something of ourselves. I hope that each and every one of us graduating from here today will work toward success, and I hope that some of us will inevitably achieve...
Whether he stands to gain either out of PAD is debatable-because as an actor, Hefner makes a pretty good magazine publisher. He stands there woodenly in his tux and clipped-on bow tie, clutching a blonde model who is dressed in a yellow piece of chiffon stuck together with three safety pins. The model also acts a little camera-shy, probably because she has no bra on. "Good evening," huffs Hef. "I'm Hugh Hefner. Welcome to the party." On one typical show the two comic acts were Shari Lewis, a ventriloquist who looks like a Playboy bunny...
...year for total vehicle sales in Detroit's history. Despite slightly lower profit margins, General Motors had a $1.73 billion profit, up 6% from 1967, on record sales of $22.8 billion. Chrysler increased earnings by 45%, to $291 million. Ford, which has yet to report, will show a gain over 1967, when it was slowed by a 49-day strike. Struggling American Motors earned $11.8 million during the fiscal year ending last September, its first full-year profit since 1965. The performance was helped by tax credits and the sale of the unprofitable Kelvinator Division. Chairman Roy D. Chapin...
...Steelmakers got a big lift from the auto boom, but results were still uneven as the industry continued to be hurt by competition from imports. U.S. Steel reported earnings of $253 million, seemingly much better than the $172 million of the year before. But the gain was entirely attributable to the company's switchover to straight-line depreciation; otherwise, its profit would have only been $94 million. Accounting changes also contributed to profit increases at Inland Steel (up 44%), Bethlehem (21%) and Republic Steel...