Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Graduate School of Design will begin a new program next semester to allow students to gain practical experience in their fields of study...
Nonetheless, through the smoke of the individual campaigns, certain trends emerge. The position of the Council minority apears fairly secure. Both Crane and Mahoney (an M.I.T. professor) have power bases which are relatively wide for Cambridge. They gain a sizeable amount of "number ones" from Brattle Street. Support from scattered neighborhoods of middle-class Irish also comes their way. Crane in particular appears a sure bet; he has finished in the top two for the past four elections and holds the record for number one votes...
...experience of confidence and trust. The city beautiful is as valid a concept today as it was when George Washington and Thomas Jefferson established it as an American principle almost two centuries ago. It is not a concept to be traded in for anyone's notion of private gain or social welfare. It is not an efflorescence of elite aestheticism, it is the bone and muscle of democarcy, and I repeat that it is time those who see this begin insisting...
...manufacturing French Mirage-type supersonic fighters. In Argentina, President Juan Carlos Onganía is considering a similar factory that would turn out French-style AMX tanks. Peru, which recently closed a deal with France for twelve Mirage jets, is building a 14,000-ton tanker in order to gain know-how for producing warships. Meantime, in the past year or two, Latin Americans have been adding steadily to their arsenals. From the U.S., Brazil bought 50 M41 light tanks and Argentina 24 subsonic Douglas A-4B jet fighters. When the U.S. balked at selling its southern neighbors any supersonic...
...Auto companies, although the third quarter includes annual shutdowns for model changeovers and is normally the slowest quarter of the year, showed a surprising rebound. G.M., on sales of $3.77 billion, up 15%, reported a quarterly gain in income of 49%, to $149 million, because of a shorter changeover period in which the new models were tooled up. Chrysler earnings were $26.8 million v. $6,500,000 last year on a rise in sales from $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion; the increase in profits came about because of the earlier start on new-model production, economies ordered by Chairman Lynn...