Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unsuccessful attempt to gain a seat in Parliament opened his political career in 1935. When World War II began he entered the Board of Trade under Hugh Dalton and rationed coal and regulated prices. At the end of the war in spite of a heart attack which prevented him from campaigning he was elected to Parliament by 10,000 votes...
...District Courts and in the reason and judgment of the people in the South," he said mildly, on his arrival in Birmingham. Then, prodded by reporters, he blurted out some forthright second thoughts: "I'm not going to condemn the Supreme Court of the United States. Riots will gain the people of the South nothing. I'm one who believes the Supreme Court is very necessary in interpreting the rights of the people...
...organization joining the Political Forum has much to gain and nothing to lose. On the plus side there may be considered the derivable benefits. Briefly, these are the opportunity to be in regular contact with the other participating members, to discuss problems which are common to all concerned, and to put to good use the mass of accumulated past experience. Most important, a participating group may become an integral part of the regularly sponsored forums, which were proved useful and worthwhile last Thursday night...
...Faculty not make a decision at tomorrow's meeting, but wait to allow the Council to study student opinion on the subject. Merom K. Brachman '58, Council vice-president, last night asked interested pre-medical students to communicate their opinions to Council representatives so that the Council might gain an understanding of student feeling...
...said on Feb. 25, "In interposition (nullification) the South has a perfectly legal means of appeal from the Supreme Court's order." Schlesinger retaliated in a letter to the New York Times, saying that "when South Carolina tried to carry interposition into effect in 1832 it was unable to gain the support of another state...