Word: gain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time to take into consideration just who among the student body is going to be affected, and how. It is my contention that more people would be adversely affected than would benefit from adoption of the plan, and further, that the loss would be more dearly felt than the gain...
Jonathan J. Ledecky '79, a committee member, said yesterday that Fant's talk helped the committee "gain perspective on undergraduate admissions...
...Before we make any recommendations, we wanted to gain an understanding of the basics involved in minority admissions," Jake Liang '80, another committee member, said yesterday...
...with an ominous subtitle epilogue which informs us that Freed was indicted and died "penniless" shortly thereafter. This is a truth which is distorted by its context. The real Freed was indeed a Messiah of rock and roll, but not for its own sake alone. He had lots to gain. The treatment of Freed points up the main feature of this movie, its defusing of almost all controversial issues at the time with palpable, very nearly relentless innocence. This spell of innocence is not perfect. Tim McIntyre as Freed drinks and smokes (he doesn't swear though) and Chuck Berry...
...afraid these teams would be considerably stronger, but they are definitely beatable, and we had a lot to gain from playing them," Felske said...