Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first shipment of eight was stolen, never to be recovered. Upon probing the possible motive for such a seemingly irrational act as the theft of a locomotive, I discovered that in meeting the prescribed quota of ton-kilometers-per-engine hauled, the harassed Soviet railroad official indeed stood to gain by having an extra and unaccounted-for one up his sleeve. Ironically, this locomotive got abducted before my men had a chance to change its axles to the wider track of the Russian railroads-as her crew must have found out when the narrower European standard tracks ended some...
...Third World Liberation Front, a coalition of five non-white student groups which organized the student revolt at San Francisco State, presented 15 demands to the administration. Among these were demands that all Third World applicants should gain automatic acceptance to San Francisco State. In an interview, Dillon stressed that "our demands are absolutely non-negotiable...
Toby Gerhart swam a good 200-yard freestyle behind Powlinson's winning effort to gain an all-important second-place...
...getting the jump on Harvard in creating an Afro-American major Yale may gain an advantage in recruiting black students, David K. Smith, Harvard Director of Admissions, said yesterday. "Blacks admitted to both schools may pick Yale on the basis of this decision," he added...
...Something from the Oven, and Pillsbury Says It Best." This somewhat sac -charine slogan helps to boost sales. In the fiscal year ending last May, they rose to a record $526 million, and prof its increased 7.4% to $13 million. This year the Minneapolis-based company anticipates an earnings gain of 10%, which is one reason that since the beginning of the year its stock has climbed 43%, to last week...