Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said Lacoste, the rebels must "win by political intrigue and international maneuvers what they could not gain by military action...
...major officers five were from the Midwest. In the past, however, of forty-eight possible positions fifteen were filled by Eastern schools (five of these being Harvard people), nine by Western schools, seventeen by Midwestern schools and seven from Southern schools. With increased participation the Eastern college can assuredly gain the place of prominence it had in the past...
...high school graduate who at eighteen takes a job in the work-a-day world, and soon afterwards takes a wife, may settle down promptly to responsible family living. The course of his life may not be altogether unruffled but at least he is usually able to gain a certain self-esteem and sense of manly accomplishment as he comes to grips with the real business of life...
...gave it much credence. The riots were undoubtedly spontaneous, but the well-discipline'd movements and the antiforeigner manifestations that marked their later stages smacked suspiciously of classic Communist tactics. As the only political organization in Hong Kong capable of such efficient exploitation, the Communists stood to gain by using the violence to 1) test Hong Kong's strength for a possible Communist takeover, 2) to discredit the Nationalists internationally. A pointed warning came from Communist China, just across the border. "China," said Red Premier Chou Enlai, "can neither ignore nor permit such events." Said an official broadcast...
...breathes a small proportion of all the molecules of nitrogen and oxygen are ionized by cosmic rays-they become positive ions if they lose an electron, negative ions if they gain one. Philadelphia researchers have found that almost two-thirds of hay fever victims won quick relief in air that was heavily negative-ionized, snuffled and sneezed far more in air that was artificially positive-ionized. As a result, Philco Corp. plans to market a negative-ionizing air conditioner. ¶Automobile-accident victims often report "brain concussions" and are admitted to hospitals for study, but in 30% of cases studied...