Word: gain
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Bypass: The core proposal allows for no departmental bypasses (except for non-science concentrating pre-meds) of basic core courses outside one's general field. We contend that it is possible for a student to gain the appropriate "habits of thought" through sequences of departmental courses that could be approved by the core committees. Such bypasses would also reduce the size of the inevitably large core classes...
...home, acted as Stan's chauffeur, and lunched out a lot. She got fat. Then one day her scales registered 155. She reacted by stuffing herself with everything in the kitchen. Says Stan: "She started to go up the wall. She hid all the pain of the weight gain. It was bothering her more than she let on to anyone." Finally she was galvanized by a magazine shot of a model in a bathing suit. Within a year she lost 35 lbs. and returned to modeling...
...proposals that Faculty members indicated would easily gain approval include suggestions that equal numbers of students and Faculty members serve on the committee--all with full voting power--and that hearsay evidence no longer be allowed...
...gain a broader perspective on what life really is. And what holds value. You know that when a friend died, and it happened suddenly, you know that nobody ever expected it to happen--and you can see what a rat-race life really is--you can appreciate the fact that what you're here for is to live for yourself, and that if you take things too seriously, you're going out of your way because just die anytime...
...first department, Harvard stands to gain. Princeton's strength is its incredible depth. The Tigers hope to put several swimmers in the finals or consolations of each event, so that even if they don't take first, they will still emerge with the most points...