Word: gain
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...normal: Kurds fighting Kurds. Their quest for independence is a depressing tale of disasters, deceit, betrayals, exploitation and missed opportunities going back centuries, but the part that matters here began in 1991. Buoyed by Saddam's humiliating defeat in Kuwait that year, they rebelled, hoping at last to gain the separate homeland that has perpetually eluded more than 20 million ethnic Kurds spread across Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. The revolt failed when Saddam turned his surviving corps of helicopter gunships on them, and they fled in despair into the northern mountains...
Weld has an uncanny ability to use the executive office to gain favorable publicity. "[Weld] got a great lesson from his time in the Reagan administration," said Kerry's media consultant, Michael P. Shea...
Being in this different environment was a refreshing change from Harvard. I learned a lot without worrying about what I was doing or getting done. But the experience is by no means over, as it has raised questions that I continue to think about, questions which gain increasing relevance as my final year at Harvard begins...
...Lonergan's nagging shin splints came back again, and he wasn't able to start training in time to make the cross country season. Carswell, the captain-elect last spring, tried to gain a spot on the Canadian Olympic team in the first half of the summer, over the time that NCAA runners usually rest...
...think young people will be an integral part of this election," said Patrick J. Ellis, director of legislation for the College Democrats. "I think every election year young people gain a better footing in the process...