Word: gain
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Will the President gain his lost ground? In the months to come, Barrett will be the man best placed to help us answer that question for TIME'S readers...
...Both sides' predictions of the outcome in November are close: Republican Party officials expect to pick up fewer than 15 seats in the House and none in the Senate; Democratic Party leaders expect to lose no more than twelve in the House and to gain one or two in the Senate...
...this fall's congressional elections from being interpreted as a Republican defeat, G.O.P. National Chairman William Brock is going to great lengths to point out his party's modest expectations. Republicans, he says, are concentrating their money and energy on local races, where they forecast a net gain of six governorships and 250 seats in the state legislatures. He adds: "What we're trying to do is restore our party's base so we can go into 1980 with lots of enthusiasm and momentum. "In other words: wait till next time...
...weak cases also helped. But the main reason Alaska's courts could keep up is that defendants continued to plead guilty in droves. The percentage of accused choosing to exercise their right to trial increased only from 6.7% to 9.6%. Why? "Because defendants know they have nothing to gain by going to trial," says Stevens Clarke, a University of North Carolina professor of public law and government who monitored the study. Making a judge sit through several days of trial, especially if the defendant has perjured himself, can only bring down a harsher sentence than if the defendant...
...rise. The Arabs, he notes, are pushing up the price by putting so much of their new wealth in gold. He is less enthusiastic about big gold coins than small ones, which are easier to barter in a pinch. He thinks that silver has even more potential for gain because it has not yet risen as much as gold, and within two years there will be a shortage of silver for industrial use. He dislikes stocks in gold-mining companies because they are taxed; he shuns real estate for the same reason...