Word: gain
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Courses that offer students the chance to gain first-hand exposure to the problem about which they are reading force students to confront ideas critically and with some sense of the consequences these ideas may have on the world...
...same time, its students would gain a sense of what it means to be a part of society: not simply to exist, not even simply to try and do what one can to make a difference, but to critically examine the world in which we live and determine our place...
...fact, it is the "rare" college senior who is strong enough to gain from the program as well as contribute to it, she said...
...virtually erase the losses the typical individual investor took during the first two quarters of the year. The biggest gainer during the third quarter was gold, which soared 14.9 percent on fears of higher inflation. Stocks were up 5 percent on average. Bonds eked out an 0.6 percent gain. And yields on money funds and CDs climbed to about 4.5 percent during the quarter. The Small Investor Index is based on a weighted portfolio that reflects the average holdings of individual investors in 10 categories, ranging from stocks to real estate...
...department will probably gain no more faculty for the next few years, Shelemay said...