Word: gain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conventional forces, which could be used "for political blackmail and could threaten our vital interests," the President vowed: "We will match, together with our allies and friends, any threatening power through a combination of military forces, political efforts and economic programs. We will not allow any other nation to gain military superiority over...
...childhood was realized. It was this that made me live with Nasser for eighteen years without ever clashing with him. I was happy to work in any capacity simply because I looked for no personal gain, and never made any demands at all. Whether as a member of the Revolutionary Command Council, as secretary-general for the Islamic Congress, as editor-in-chief of al-Gomhouriya, or as Speaker of the National Assembly, I stood by [Nasser] alike in victory or defeat. And this was, perhaps, what made Nasser look around him seventeen years later to realize that there...
...Terriers of Boston University battered Providence College, 5-3, last night, in the special ECAC hockey playoff game to gain the slippery second spot for the upcoming NCAA tournament...
Horner says undergraduate women of 100 years ago were examples of people "who go beyond." The first group of women undergraduates had less chance to gain access to the "male world" than women undergraduates today, Horner says. However, because of heightened awareness of society's ills gained through their education, these women created new professions, such as social work, and fought for reforms, such as child labor laws, Horner says. Radcliffe will honor women who have continued in "the great tradition of recognizing possibilities" at its centennial convocation next September, Horner adds...
Going into Saturday, the final day of competition at the NCAA national fencing championships in Wisconsin, Harvard captain John Chipman needed to capture at least seven of the final eight bouts to finish sixth and gain all-American status. Unfortunately for the Crimson, after Chipman had mauled five of his first six opponents, 5-1, the fruit for which he fought retreated tantalizingly out of his reach as he lost his last two duels and placed only tenth...