Word: gaine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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China's Acting President Li Tsung-jen continued his forlorn efforts to make peace with the Communists. In Peiping, Li's unofficial peace delegation found some signs of Communist cooperation-in matters where the Reds stood to gain by cooperation. Two Nationalist freighters were on the way north loaded with flour for workers in the Communist-ruled Kailan mines. They would return with coal desperately needed in Shanghai...
...Coach Bill Barclay embarked on a sleeper last night, and unless the Crimson quintet has been in hibernation since December, the chances are slim that it will awake in time to gain its first victory in the past fourteen starts...
Princeton tied Navy two weeks ago and this attests to its strength more than anything else. The Middies, winners of 50 straight matches, undefeated and untied for seven years, were hard-pressed to gain a 14-14 deadlock...
...This argument adds up to the statement that a removal of tideland ownership from the states would involve a great loss to the economy as a whole and a delay in the development of important oil resources. Since there is little complaint with the state administration, there is no gain to justify the cost of transfer...
...annual rite. A onetime accountant for Price, Waterhouse & Co., Herbert Tinney earns $5,700 a year as the only paid officer-secretary and assistant treasurer-of Christiana Securities Co. Last week he sent out Christiana's annual report. In 1948, the company had netted $28.4 million, a substantial gain over the $23.3 million earned in 1947. For each of Christiana's 150,000 common shares, this was an earning of $182.72. Tinney mailed out all but 2? a share of this to Christiana's select little band of 3,186 common stockholders...