Word: gain
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...emerged out of the male rock of the '70s, from the heavy metal of Alice Cooper to the classic rock of Styx. The first power ballads to make it big in the '80s were hits like "Faithfully" (1983) by the five-man band Journey. But the genre didn't gain mass-market success until the mid-'80s. In 1985, REO Speedwagon recorded the classic "Can't Fight This Feeling." In 1986, Bon Jovi--with their big hair, rugged but soft looks and ordinary-guy sensibility--hit No. 1 with "Livin' on a Prayer." And a year later, Starship...
...forefront of discussion, and battles are still being fought over the degree of control we have over our own education, through Core Curriculum reform. In addition, the current situation in Central Square offers Harvard students the opportunity to step beyond the bounds of the Yard and to gain some sense of our larger community of Cambridge...
...story on the may day demonstrations in Moscow, Strobe Talbott cites slogans from two banners carried by the demonstrators. Your readers could gain some insights with translations of some of the slogans that appear in your photographs. One states, POWER TO THE PEOPLES AND NOT TO THE PARTIES! Another says, THANK YOU, CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CPSU, FOR THE LIGHT OF CHERNOBYL, WHICH HAS ILLUMINATED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND IMMERSED IT INTO DARKNESS. And then there is the one proclaiming, I HAVE A DEVILISH DESIRE FOR A BIT OF SAUSAGE. LUDMILLA THORNE, Director Soviet Studies, Freedom House New York City...
...waited until the firing died down a bit. Then I stood up in plain view, held up my camera and moved forward slowly. Instinct told me neither side had anything to gain by openly killing a photojournalist. As I was taking pictures, a soldier rushed in and shot all three commandos point-blank. The soldiers panicked and turned hostile, so I left. Later a cameraman who videotaped the incident told me one of the soldiers had aimed his assault rifle at my back and pulled the trigger. His weapon jammed, and before he could clear it to shoot again...
...unfortunate thing about student groups isthat it really does hurt a team [not to receivefunding from the university]," Osofsky says."Other schools gain a competitive advantage overus...