Word: gain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Eleven of the aforementioned twelve runners will compete against Northeastern today, as the Crimson attempt to gain revenge for the season opening defeat which the Huskies inflicted on them a year...
...Given nonacceptance of Israel by the Arabs, we have been maneuvering since 1967 to gain time and to return as little as possible. The predominant government view has been that stalemates are to our advantage. Our great threat has been the Rogers plan-and American policy to move us back to the old [pre-1967] armistice lines. The current agreement with Egypt is another nail in the coffin of that policy...
...many willing to pay up to $75 for a pair of shoes, while such mass merchandisers as Outlet Co. stores report business running 6% to 10% ahead of last year. Retail trade is also healthy in Los Angeles and Chicago; in August, Sears, Roebuck posted its biggest monthly sales gain since last October...
...preachy. In Money he has recovered the gently acerbic touch that he displayed as a reformist capitalist, and that made popular such books as The Affluent Society and the New Industrial State. Sample putdown: "Those who talk of money and teach about it and make their living by it gain prestige, esteem and pecuniary return, as does a doctor or a witch doctor, from cultivating the belief that they are in privileged association with the occult ... Though professionally rewarding and personally, profitable, this too is a well-established form of fraud...
These reports are sporadic and they can not reflect the complete truth about the situation in Cambodia. If they are true, these actions must be condemned. The new government of Cambodia may have to resort to strong measures against a few to gain democratic socialism for all Cambodians. And we support the United Front in the pursuit of its presently stated goals...