Word: gain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kopple worked a long time to gain the trust of her subjects, living with them off-and-on for three years. She still feels close to the families she lived with. "The Jones family asked me to send them footage of Lawrence's funeral. I really didn't know how to approach it." She looks at the floor a minute. "I sent stills instead...
While the inconvenience to upperclassmen is counterbalanced by the advantages to freshmen, the workers appear to gain no such countervailing advantage except a lukewarm guarantee from Dean Fox that no jobs will be lost. Union uproar was a significant if not crucial factor in defeating the proposal last year. The Crimson is disappointed at the lack of a similar response this year, but hopes that this unexpected silence is simply the result of the union being taken by surprise by another of Dean Fox's sneak attacks...
...quite. Likud Leader Menachem Begin is still in the hospital after a severe heart attack, and Yigael Yadin, head of the upstart Democratic Movement for Change, is fighting libel charges. Even so, Labor Stalwart Abba Eban confessed to doubts that the party "can still turn the wheel and gain momentum." If not, the sad end of Yitzhak Rabin could be followed by the demise of the Labor government he has suddenly ceased to lead...
...protectionism encourages another nation to retaliate so that any gain is canceled out. Spain imports three times as much from the U.S. as it exports. If its shoe sales to the U.S. are seriously curtailed, it can buy elsewhere-hurting American export industries. Trade restrictions ensure the survival of the least fit: businesses that cannot compete on their own in the world economy. This kind of coddling of inefficiency leads eventually to economic stagnation. In sum, protectionism is often a matter of robbing a productive Peter to pay a nonproductive Paul...
...expect a concert--Gillespie and Carter are here to help Harvard musicians learn about the music. But do expect to gain some insight from these two great veterans about a number of jazz eras...