Word: gain
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Asian-American students showed a modest 3 percent gain in admissions...
...course of his investigation, Smaltz did gain 15 convictions or guilty pleas from individuals and companies, including Tyson Foods, which agreed to pony up $6 million for giving Espy things like two football play-off tickets, a couple of limo rides and a $1,200 scholarship for his girlfriend. Smaltz uncovered evidence that at least one of the firms that provided benefits to Espy did so hoping to curry favor with him. And there is no doubt that Espy shouldn't have taken some of the gifts. But Smaltz's critics maintain that Espy's misguided behavior hardly warranted such...
...time hoods Mike Talman (Joseph Nuccio '00) and Carlino (Jerry Ruiz '00) find her body in Suzy Hendrix' apartment, placed there by their new employer, Harry Rote (Paul Monteleoni '01). Suzy's blindness allows them to search the apartment for the doll, which contains smuggled heroin. Mike manages to gain Suzy's confidence by pretending he is an old friend of her husband; while her husband is away, the crooks invent a story of a police investigation of her husband from which only the discovery of the now missing doll can save him. Rote masterminds the plot--as the story...
With only a few games remaining before winter break, the contending teams hope to hit a hot streak to gain the momentum needed for a strong 1999 and a shot at the ECAC Championship...
...Seven hundred people are going through this because it is fun, and because they can gain valuable skills at these jobs that can be applied to anything,' she said...