Word: gain
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...There are so many different organizations on campus, but there was no common forum where we can meet and interact," she says. "It seemed that there was so much we could gain from each other...
...sell these buildings according to the value they bore when they were purchased and maintained as rent-controlled buildings. The sale of these buildings to competent landlords committed to the continuing availability of affordable housing in Cambridge would be no loss to Harvard and would be an immeasurable gain to the city and its inhabitants, on campus and off. Cambridge is incredibly fortunate to have pople who are willing to maintain tenants at below-market rates, people who are so enthusiastically committed to the needs of Cambridge's citizens and of its communities. Harvard is in the incredibly fortunate position...
...BELIEVE FOR A MINUTE THE FInancial gain realized by prolonging life in the terminally ill plays a conscious role in the care-giving process. However, given the fact that there are so many dollars at stake and that the Establishment must have funds to continue all aspects of the practice of medicine, I often wonder if there is a subconscious "agent" at work. The study done by the Journal of the American Medical Association does nothing to allay my fears in this regard. TOM MARTIN La Grange, Illinois...
Yale University is not a profit-making institution. It can't boast of vast stock gains that it should be sharing with its students and employees. Its endowment is roughly one-third the size of Harvard's. To attract bright graduate students (especially when competing with Harvard), it must already offer financial aid at the bounds of its capabilities. Not only does GESO not have a case for unionization, but it wouldn't stand to gain much even if it succeeded...
Investors roared back from yesterday's selling frenzy, reacting to the Fed's decision to cut a key interest rate by pushing the Dow Jones industrial average up 34.68 points, to end the day at 5,109.89. The Dow's surge upward gained back more than a third of the loss it suffered Monday. The New York Stock Exchange was also up 2.05 to end the day at 325.71. On the Big Board, advancers led decliners 1,526 to 916, with 678 unchanged. Technology shares bounced back Tuesday, as the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index jumped 23.82 points to close...