Word: gain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could begin immediately. There is a chance that construction could be stalled at Charlestown with its reams of red tape and complicated federal funding proposals. And if the split-site proposal is not chosen, there seems to be a greater likelihood that plans for Charlestown and Cambridge would eventually gain their funds, even without the library, while the Columbia Point area might have less of a chance for development...
...obsession with glorifying Rayburn, Steinberg ignores not only his faults but also important questions about him. He offers no convincing explanation for Rayburn's support of the New Deal, his torpedoing of John Kennedy's attempt to gain the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1956 or the failure of his only marriage after three months. A biographer with a critical eye could probably make Rayburn reasonably interesting, but Steinberg is unable to step back far enough from his subject to handle his account in a balanced and scholarly manner. Steinberg, in short, lacks the ability that Lyndon Johnson described...
With only five plays remaining in the game, Brody intercepted a Lowell pass deep in Winthrop territory. On the next play he threw for a long gain to Ryan, whose attempt to a wide-open Bowman in the end zone failed when Bowman lost his footing on the muddy field. Two plays later, however, Brody found Hobbs just over the goal line for a TD strike. But Al Dawes could not find the handle on Brody's extra point toss, letting Lowell escape with...
...CEASEFIRE: I think all Lebanese are by now convinced force is not the way to bring about progress or realize [political] demands. All Lebanese must realize after this crisis that even if they fight for another 100 years, they won't gain their objectives...
...rate in the third quarter, mostly because businessmen at last stopped living off their shelves and out of their warehouses and started filling sales orders from new production. The end of inventory liquidation gave the economy a one-shot jolt that will not be repeated, so the fourth-quarter gain will be considerably more modest. But that will not represent any real setback. The Administration this week will officially predict a 6% growth for next year. That will be enough to bring unemployment down, though at an agonizingly slow pace. The October jump in unemployment reflects a sharp increase...