Word: gain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Moon encourages this international "unification" of church-linked enterprises as the final method for the Unification Church to gain worldwide influence...
...start a new one. Stock prices are also depressed relative to alternative investments in tangibles. In the twelve months to June, the value of silver rose 63%, gold 55%, old master paintings 22% and housing 14%; meanwhile, the Standard & Poor's composite stock index posted an undistinguished 5.3% gain...
Students also work on houses that are being built by Shelter Institute graduates in the countryside around Bath. Such on-site experience helps them gain the self confidence needed to build their own houses. Says Pat Hennin: "There are no insurmountable problems. If you're certain you can do it, it will get done." Reports a former student who built his own house: "I got discouraged, but the house kept going...
...competition, the Elis increasing their winning percentage by 65 points to .522 and the Lions 60 points to .560, while Barnard, Columbia's sister institution, showed the most improvement in women's sports with a rise of 43 percentage points to .597. In league play Dartmouth showed the biggest gain, going up 80 percentage points to .444, while Brown improved 49 points to .419 and Columbia 45 points to .586. 1978-79 OVERALL WON-LOST RECORD Won Lost Tied Pct Princeton 137 98 7 .581 Cornell 129 97 2 .570 Pennsylvania 115 88 7 .564 Harvard...
...arms above his head and zigzags about the floor to simulate the way the bugs use their antennae to sniff out trails left by fellow ants. Though this may strike some as collegiate show-and-tell, Wilson asserts that by introducing actual research to his students, they can gain exposure to the imaginative and active process of scientific experimentation, yet still "talk in terms of general principles...