Word: gain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pristina operation has given Russian military commanders a tremendous surge of confidence, and perhaps more important, it has helped the generals gain Yeltsin's ear. Russia's military hierarchy has little love for Yeltsin--one of his nicknames in the general staff is Pelmeni (a small dumpling), an apparent reference to his puffy features and tortured articulation. And the officers have little doubt that he will let them take the blame if the Pristina operation backfires. For the time being, though, an aggressive-sounding military has established a disturbingly close relationship with an ailing and mercurial President...
...long since outgrown such shenanigans. "I don't like Web-page hacking," he says. "It's too easy. It's the younger kids who do it--13- or 14-year-olds. As time goes on, you realize you don't really gain anything...
...transformed by feminine energies, above all by chastity, far surpassing the male's. In this, she is the foremother of the separatist wing of feminism today: the battle for the vote was for her a battle for the bedroom. She wrote, "We want to help women...We want to gain for them all the rights and protection that laws can give them. And, above all, we want the good influence of women to tell to its greatest extent in the social and moral questions of the time. But we cannot do this unless we have the vote and are recognised...
...suspend a $14 million contract with the Harvard Institute of International Development after discovery of possible improprieties in the administration of projects in Russia. Accusations focus on Professor of Economics Andrei Shleifer '82, who allegedly "abused the trust of the United State government by using personal relationships...for private gain," officials...
...with Coach Carole Kleinfelder, the winningest coach in women's collegiate lacrosse history, who has seen more than 28 athletes gain All-America status, Harvard was going to get that experience. Midway through the season the Crimson faced the toughest team on the women's lacrosse scene: four-time defending national champions, No. 1 Maryland...