Word: gain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attract ten members--the number needed to gain recognition from Harvard--women wrestlers will be able to start working out after hours in the space used by the varsity team...
...comes across as a busybody with a large chip on her shoulder who'd had her first attempt at a White House book rejected. Egged on by book agent Lucianne Goldberg, Tripp reached for the On button. No one likes a snitch, especially one with so much to gain. So on Friday, Tripp explained, "I struggled long and hard... I was facing substantial risk of losing everything I have aspired to..." She went on to rail against "McCarthyistic" tactics, as if she were the one who had been taped and handed over to the FBI. Still, she couldn't resist...
...this weekend. Harvard has a chance to gain a step on the Quakers in the race for second-place in the Ancient Eight. This No. 23 IS stoppable, and Harvard should do well on the boards against the Quakers. Then, go to the circus on Saturday night and root the valiant Crimson to a noble defeat at the hands--or claws--of the greatest Tigers in the world...
...topic of sponsorship, it is interesting to note that of the 11 major corporate sponsors for the Games, only one of them--Panasonic--is a Japanese company. Most, like the United Parcel Service (UPS), are American companies looking to gain a stronger toe-hold in Japan through advertising, promotions and free services--along with putting the company name on everything they possibly can. In this time of economic crisis in East Asia, Japan especially needs to save face. Perhaps regaining economic trust is the best way to forget the scandals that have recently plagued the Hashimoto administration...
Like anything else, there are pros and cons to both privatization and to tinkering. What troubles me, and what should trouble you, is the extent to which people are trying to influence-us by pointing out how much we have to gain from something without telling us how much everyone else might lose. Social Security keeps over 40 percent of the elderly above the poverty line because we pay a little more...