Word: gain
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...close relationships with prestigious faculty. Sitting face to face with Professor Greg Mankiw is very different than watching him lecture from the nosebleed seats in Sanders Theatre in Ec 10. In addition to enjoying a more personalized and active experience, seminar participants can satisfy the concentration writing requirement and gain the writing skills needed to prepare juniors for their senior theses...
...Davis were barely defeated 9-8 (4) in an intensely close match. But Harvard did have a bright spot at No. 3 doubles where the freshman tandem of Camille Jania and Samantha Gridley topped their opponents 8-4. After doubles, the Crimson was down by a point; thus to gain victory over the Big Green, Harvard had to win four of the singles matches. Exchanging wins and losses with Dartmouth, No. 1 Ko, No. 3 Jania, and No. 6 Sibilski all gained points in singles. Ko defeated Molly Scott in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6(1) and Jania easily...
...atmosphere that engenders this kind of abuse—allowing homophobia to grow in what is supposedly a safe space. This is especially disappointing considering past efforts to guarantee a workplace free of verbal harassment and intimidation at Harvard. In the late 1980s, Harvard dining-hall workers fought to gain strong anti-discrimination language in their contracts. This progressive victory in the 1980s should have been enough to ensure that no Harvard student or employee is ever called, for instance, a lesbian in an insulting way without consequences for the offender. Yet clearly the language was not strong enough...
...Harvard appeared to be heading into the intermission with this lead, its first since the victory over Boston College, until Lions guard K.J. Matsui drained back-to-back three-pointers to gain a 34-33 edge...
...only Uribe can safeguard the economic revival and improved security he's brought to South America's most war-torn country. Uribe so far has played it coy, neither declaring he wants another term nor denying it. Pundits say they'd be shocked if, after watching Chávez gain the opportunity, he doesn't fight for the same treatment. (See pictures of Colombia's guerilla army...