Word: gained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...situation was worth conversation. As rotten as San Francisco's politics were San Francisco's turn-of-the-century newspapers. To gain an end editors stopped at nothing. A typical incident: at 1 p. m. one day the city editor of William Randolph Hearst's morning Examiner told one of his newssnatchers that R. A. Crothers, owner of the Bulletin, had been attacked as he was emerging from a restaurant. Rushing to the Bulletin, the Examiner reporter learned that Owner Crothers was still in the restaurant, enjoying a good meal, good health. The newsgatherer departed. A few minutes later...
...artist as well as mathematician. Besides his System, he uses shrewd psychological strategy. In his game with Grand Master Rudolf Spielman, the winner of which had a chance to tie Cuban Jose R. Capablanca for first place, he humored his opponent's overaggressiveness, craftily exchanging pieces to gain a winning advantage. To hold his lead in the final game, he had to vanquish Grand Master Tartakower of Vienna. Noting that his adversary looked weary, he deployed on a lengthy rochade attack. After six hours Tartakower's game collapsed and sly Nimzowitsch cinched the tournament...
...would be folly to deny that the Wets' have made considerable gain in the past few years. . . . The defeat of Governor Smith did nothing to allay the sentiment against Prohibition. Instead it produced what might be called an emotional hangover. . . . The candidacy of Governor Smith was beneficial to the cause of Prohibition. Before he became a candidate the prohibition and temperance organizations had been disintegrating...
Cleveland is the largest of some 400 U. S. city-manager-plan cities. Next largest is Cincinnati where last week a determined effort was being planned by old-line Republican politicians to gain control of the city council at the November election, to restore politics to the city government, oust able City Manager Clarence O. Sherrill...
...hour's exercise a day for a week increases the capacity of the lungs and their ability to transfer oxygen from the air to the lungs. The maximum result develops in five to six weeks of such exercise. If after such period physical exercise is neglected altogether, the gain in power lasts for several months.?Connecticut's Edward Christian Schneider and Gordon C. Ring...