Word: gain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Each of us has a different reason for returning. Our personal reasons include wanting to gain self-confidence, more discipline, more skill at establishing rapport with middle-class working people, and better skill at time management. One of us is returning because he likes the group he's with. All of us dislike one part of the job or another, mainly because it is not at all easy or glamorous work. The money is important in most cases, because face it--Harvard ain't cheap. But no amount of money could fully compensate for the frustrations and sacrifices endured...
...Justice Department had not decided where to intervene, that it might even be in Louisville, where an appeal is pending. When a Levi aide denied that Louisville had ever been under active consideration, the President's remark seemed to suggest that he was using the issue to gain political advantage in a crucial primary. Moreover, the Justice Department, trying to live down its Watergate-acquired reputation as a political extension of the White House, once again gave the impression of dancing to a presidential tune...
...only got that job because he's a black" or "she only got that job because she's a woman" will grow from whispers to openly expressed opinions serving as the foundation for a reinvigorated racism and sexism. This is tremendously unfair to women and minority group members who gain their positions legitimately...
Clearly, Shah Reza Pahlavi has much to gain through Harvard's cooperation in an Iranian research center. The Shah hopes that by dealing with prestigious American universities such as Harvard he can promote his own image, and that of his nation as being democratic, freedom-loving and in favor of economic and social development...
...Second best" is the highest accolade the American Basketball Association has managed to earn in its nine-year struggle to gain equality with the National Basketball Association. Nonetheless, the caliber of performance in the A.B.A. championship play-off series that ended last week between the New York Nets and the Denver Nuggets was as good as anything the N.B.A. has ever produced. Forward Julius ("Dr. J") Erving of the Nets came on like a bionic man; he averaged 38 points a game and led both teams in rebounds, steals, assists and shots blocked. The Nuggets, in the finals...