Word: gain
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...rules and the referee seem to end up hindering the hero instead of protecting him from evil. The referee always remains oblivious when the bad guy uses a foreign object or a stranglehold. What often happens therefore is that the hero will have to resort to dirty tricks to gain a victory. The insidious effect of professional wrestling is not that it extolls brutality and violence, although it certainly does that, but that it promotes the abandoning of fairness and restraint to achieve personal ends. Bruno grinds the chain into Koloff's face, then strangles him against a turnbuckle...
...held his namesake to just two hits the rest of the way, his teammates provided the offense. Aided by five Indian errors the Sox scored two in the fourth, one in the fifth and sixth (on a Fisk roundtripper), and a final single tally in the eighth inning to gain the 7-4 decision...
Wallace used his incomparable political talents to capitalize on these insecurities and gain the power of the governorship. Under his name or under that of his late first wife, Lurleen, he has served at the helm of the state for almost 11 of the past 13 years. During such long tenure, one would expect the state to have been led to great heights by a man of Wallace's abilities. He has, it must be said, done some good things for our state in the areas of high-way construction and medical schools. However, he has failed to lead...
Despite his claims to the contrary, Wallace has failed to bring in sufficient industry to keep pace with the growth in jobs and earnings in surrounding states. He has steadily refused to aid workers when they have organized to try to gain better working conditions from their employers. Meanwhile, he has allowed Alabama's social services, from education to health care to prisons, to remain as some of the worst in the country...
Bradbury said yesterday that some students think the Coop position may help them gain admission to graduate school. "If you're going to business school, it's evidence of interest or managerial experience...