Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...problem coach Weiland will begin working on in tonight's first post-exam practice at the Watson Rink. Meanwhile B.U. should gain an advantage in conditioning by playing Brown tonight at the Arena...
Creation of the Free Trade Area, declared Peter Thorneycroft last week, "will make us a better ally." The U.S. State Department, though recognizing that some U.S. industry may at first suffer, is all for the two schemes-convinced that all Europe will eventually gain by them, and therefore the U.S. too will benefit...
...pays with the loss of his hand; public amputations are commonplace (one result: Arabia has probably the lowest crime rate in the world). Social reform comes hard when slavery, sanctioned by Mohammed, still exists, though Saudis protest that slaves are well treated and often freed by owners eager to gain credit with Allah (old Ibn Saud used to release one every Friday after prayer). Tax reform is blocked by the Koran's ban on any personal tax on believers except the Zakaah, a small yearly levy paid to the sheik, who is instructed to use it to support...
Threatened Ruin. But if Nasser's sweeping decrees won little immediate net gain for his treasury, they threatened ruin to Egypt's middle class, which depends on trade with the West for its existence. Abroad, Egyptianization was bound to destroy the possibility of attracting new Western private investment in Egypt...
Bypassing Suez. The Israelis stood a chance to salvage one gain from their spoilsless victory. They have sent two frigates to patrol the Gulf of Aqaba and have placed four chartered merchant vessels in service between Elath and East African ports. Turning even the Suez blockage to advantage, the enterprising Israelis are already offering all comers overland transport by truck and rail to the Mediterranean. This week some 500 tons of Ethiopian hides and coffee are scheduled to be transshipped to Europe over this route, which, while costlier than the Suez passage, can compete with transport around the Cape...