Word: gain
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...million could be saved annually if the Pentagon stopped paying civilian blue-collar employees more than what comparable non-Government workers earn in the same community. Another by Congress's General Accounting Office: a gain of $300 million if the military would simplify the methods by which it protects its telephone conversations from eavesdroppers...
Sprinting ("I just let loose and ran as fast as I could") over several stretches in the last two miles, Murphy managed to gain 15 yds. on the Bulldog, Wehrwein, but no more. "That rattled me," Murphy said. "I really stuck it to him and he handled...
...question that if the CCC slate does triumph rent control will be in trouble. The four incumbents for which the CCC will campaign all voted against rent controls and attempts to control condominium conversion, and none of the challengers picked by the group was willing or able to gain the support of the Rent Control Task Force. City council meetings might be more pleasant if the CCC were to succeed, when the votes were counted, but rent control would probably go out the window with a speed belying "moderation...
...Radcliffe team lost its first two races of the Women's Team Racing Championships on October 13th to Tufts and URI. They fought back, however, winning their last four races to gain a tie for first place with Brown and URI. Kate Jennings, Meredith Stelling, and Rachel Lampert skippered the boats to victory while Lisa Glen, Liz Miller and Beth Latouf crewed...
...competitions, Harvard won its round of the New England Team Racing Championship elimination October 13. The Championships take place at M.I.T. this Saturday and Harvard is favored to win this meet as well, although Yale and Tufts will offer stiff competition. The top two finishers in the meet will gain a berth in the North American Championships...