Word: gain
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Through Ma's influence, the group managed to gain access to Taiwan's provincial government and the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) to study international peacekeeping and arbitration methods...
While such a policy would do little to endear us to our trading partners, these nations already use such practices against American companies. For example, heavy European subsidies of Airbus have allowed that company to gain a hefty market share in an imperfectly competitive industry once totally dominated by American firms. A U.S. retaliation in the form of subsidies for Boeing would counteract such gains and even drive the nations that subsidize Airbus to the bargaining table, where an agreement eliminating subsidies could be worked out. This would benefit both sides in comparison to a policy where both sides subsidize...
...Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) easily won contests in Texas, Florida and four other Southern states yesterday to gain a virtual lock on the Republican presidential nomination. In victory, he reached out to his remaining rivals and said it was time to "put our ideas together" to beat President Clinton...
Oppenheimer concludes that the College cannot provide adequate support for gay students and that members of the gay community are forced rely on more informal networks. These networks, Oppenheimer says, can only be further im-proved if lesbian, gay and bi-sexual students gain recognition as a political minority on campus...
Wall Street had a stunning recovery today, rebounding from last Friday's furious sell-off. The Dow Jones industrial average closed with its third-largest point gain, rising 110.55 points to 5,581.00. Other indexes also rose: The NYSE's composite index was up 3.01 at 342.75, the Standard & Poor's 500 composite went up 6.52 to 640.02, and the NASDAQ composite index was at 1,078.83, up15.10. In London, gold finished...