Word: gain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Haskins denies knowledge of the scandal, but it is now his word against that of two grad students who haven't a thing to gain from slander. Anyone who believes Clem, no doubt a bastion of moral probity when it comes to hoops, also believed that Clinton did not have sexual relations with that woman, that Reagan did not recall and that Nixon was not a crook...
...Cambridge stepped up its effort to gain ashare of federal crime-fighting dollars. Itmounted an extensive lobbying campaign, targetinglawmakers who held sway in Congress...
...according to Beth S. Brainard, spokesperson for the Harvard College Library, even these unambiguous and multilingual messages were not enough to stop hundreds of tourists a day from trying to gain access to the building...
...while the sign posted at the entrance reads, "You must present a Harvard ID to enter Widener Library," Brainard said Cambridge residents can use a driver's license or other photo ID to gain access...
Retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General James F. Grant, who once directed intelligence operations in Korea, began the discussion by saying North Korea used its nuclear technology to gain power...