Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While the Crimson is not in the running for a league title, it also has much to gain by a win. Victory tonight would put the team back into a tie for fifth, and more important, would break a dis-heartening five game losing streak...
...since come a long way." Mr. Knowland, like Senator Dirksen, who, incidentally, recently received a pat on the back from, of all people, the New York Times, has come a long way by compromising most of his principles as a conservative Republican for what he thinks will be political gain...
...increasingly pervasive factor" in the economy (see BUSINESS). A major cause of inflation was a round of wage increases not based on any substantial increase in labor productivity. Output per worker, after rising an average of 3% a year during the postwar decade, registered "only a very small gain," he pointed out, while average hourly earnings in manufacturing and construction went...
...developed sophistication and a new sense of mission. Today they are the fastest-growing publications in the U.S. Weekly Newspaper Representatives, Inc. reported last week that the 8,478 weeklies in the U.S. in 1956 reached a paid circulation peak of 18,529,199, up 6.5% over 1955. Estimated gain for the 1,700 dailies (total circ. more than 56 million): about 2%. Advertising in weeklies increased 1.2% to a record $112 million; this includes a 30% jump (to $25 million) in national ads since 1954 v. an estimated 10% gain for dailies. Said W.N.R.'s Eastern Sales Manager...
...sick puppy. But last week U.S. Government bonds snapped back for the most hopeful sign of recovery in bond prices since late 1954. Long-term Government bonds scored the largest single day's advance since June 1953, shot up as much as if points during the week, a healthy gain for gilt-edge securities. Encouraged by that sharp rise, trading picked up swiftly in both corporate and municipal bonds. New issues moved quickly into investment portfolios, and many municipal bonds sold out completely...