Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...donors' excitement over academic innovations at his school, his anti-aid stance has created wide publicity that appeals to some wealthy donors. Shunning federal money is about the only way in which Rockford is different from hundreds of other colleges. Officials at Hanover College concede that they gain more in private gifts than they lose in federal grants by appealing to anti-Government sentiment...
Halfway through the meet the score stood at 32-29 for Harvard. But the Tigers swept the 200-yard butterfly to gain the lead for the first time in the afternoon. Harvard's Bragg and Adams responded by sweeping the 100-yard freestyle. The seesaw continued to swing as Princeton won the 200-yard backstroke to tie the meet; Harvard stormed back with a Shrout-led sweep of the 500-yard freestyle. Then Princeton edged out Harvard's Carl Cummins in the 200-yard breaststroke, postponing the decision to the final event, the 400-yard free relay...
...past two weeks. Nor is it true that the Viet Cong alone guard the grail of Vietnamese nationalism. They are simply better organized than the hopelessly fragmented moderates, who also qualify as genuine nationalists; and the V.C. are far more adept at the use of terror and brutality to gain their ends. Still, despite more than a few drawbacks, Galbraith's proposals do offer at least a foundation for a responsible opposition policy...
...from Wall Street, a relatively small mutual fund last year put some of the East's established giants to shame. Enterprise Fund of Los Angeles registered a 116.9% gain in net assets. Among the 20 best mutual-fund per formers for five years, Enterprise really started moving when soft-spoken Fred Carr, 36, took over its management in October 1966: under his guidance, the fund's assets have increased from less than $20 million to $250 million, and the value of a share has jumped from $3.77 to over...
...Panmunjom, five closed meetings have yielded only one tangible gain: North Korea finally supplied the names of the sailor who died and the three who were injured during Pueblo's seizure.* As U.S. officials see it, Pyongyang may keep the U.S. dangling for a while, then demand an admission that Pueblo had violated its territorial waers, and an apology. Appearing on Meet the Press, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara conceded that although Pueblo was under strict orders to remain outside the twelve-mile limit, there was no way for Washington to be completely certain...