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Word: gaine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...second division, the Crimson crew of Bob Sherwood and George O'Day ammassed 60 1/2 points to gain fourth place. The victorious Indian skippers took a first in the first race and third in the second race to total their high score of 141 points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yacht Club Places Third in George Owen Trophy Regatta | 4/21/1942 | See Source »

Organized labor realizes an old ambition this week when the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations jointly take over a regular 15-minute slice of NBC's Saturday night network time. Together they gain what neither has ever had-the opportunity to inform, and the obligation to please, a national weekly radio audience. The two organizations will alternate in producing regular weekly programs under the title Labor for Victory, Saturday nights from 10:15 to 10:30, E.W.T., beginning this Saturday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Labor Goes on the Air | 4/20/1942 | See Source »

...Daily rations 300 grams [about twelve ounces] of bread, 300 rice, 160 wheat plus potatoes, sweet potatoes, green vegetables, fish, eggs, etc. Total 3,200 calories. Meat, sugared food and, in this season, fruits are rather rare. Young and active prisoners are losing weight; old and idle prisoners gain weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Prison on Shikoku | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

...advantages of being a member of "Cambridge's only breakfast table daily, serving the public 24 hours a day," are manifold. As a News candidate, you will find out what makes the University tick and will gain entrance to places ordinarily barred--ahem--from the student proletariat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON COMPETITIONS OPEN WITH BEER PARTY TOMORROW | 4/7/1942 | See Source »

...great modern prophets gain in clarity, but not in mutual agreement. Some of their conflicting forecasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Through a Glass, Darkly | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

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