Word: gained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...father as one of the few Great Men of today. Not the least of his achievements was to build up the potent British Labor party out of thousands of unionized workers whom he taught to realize that what they could not win by strikes and violence they might gain in the halls of Parliament...
...relieved last week. The New York Times, lodestar of U. S. journalism, announced that it has passed another high mark. In 1912 the Times passed 200,000; in 1918, 300,000. For the six months ending March 31, 1927, its Sunday and daily average was 414,990, an average gain of 22,295 over the corresponding period of 1925-26. As the Times itself admitted...
...Alice Jones dragged by as the Court of Appeals upheld all previous decisions denying the annulment application. Mrs. Alice Jones Rhinelander, cast off, said: "This shows that my case was founded on truth." With the judgment, her $300 a month alimony stops; she must start a separation suit to gain an allowance...
...Consul John Ker Davis, eleven U. S. marines and 24 refugees barely managed to gain Socony Hill, under a running fire from Chinese snipers. Marine Plumley alone was wounded, but was able to walk, continuing to return the Chinese fire. At Socony Hall, Mrs. Davis, the other women refugees and the children crowded into a spacious bathroom, lay down on the floor. The children, unconcerned, counted the bullets pinging into Socony Hall. Consul Davis parleyed with the Chinese attackers, buying them off from hour to hour, until those at Socony Hall had no more money. Then said a Chinese...
...return to the ancient traditions of the Gold Coast, liveried servants on tap, of cetera, there is little to say but that if there is to be a Harvard bloc in Hollywood, our boys must be prepared for a life of extravagant luxury now, or they will never gain entrance to film land's exclusive circles. From next September on it can never be said that Harvard undergraduates are not prepared for real high life...