Word: gain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...instance, the show's producer says, Maloney's influence was vital to gain permission for yesterday's shoot in Widener's stacks...
These two games represent an excellent chance for the Crimson to assert itself as a competitive squad in the congested ECAC field and gain solid position for the post-season tournament...
Juniors Ian Carswell and Killian Lonergan both raced at the Terrier Classic at Boston University on Saturday, and both performed amazingly. Not only did they gain automatic berths in the NCAA's, they each set school records...
Local volunteers at Clinton/Gore headquarters in Keene rely on this kind of student enthusiasm not only to gain votes for the president, but also to cut down on the cost of doing so. The campaign would have been faced with the added expense of mailing fliers to local households if students had not distributed the fliers...
There are, in fact, already rumblings to suggest that Wilson's initiative could gain national momentum. Last year, for instance, Connecticut state Representative Robert Farr, a Republican attorney from West Hartford, introduced a bill to create a state task force on statutory rape. Though it languished in committee, Farr says he intends to revive it next month, using Wilson's plan as "ammunition." In Florida, a couple of different statutory-rape bills are pending. One would increase the penalties when drugs or alcohol is involved. Another, the so-called MAMA (which stands for "make adult males accountable") bill, would prosecute...