Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...issue of prostitution brought a vociferous division between respectable citizens and those who gain from Pnompenh's attractions as a wide-open city (Madame Choum intends to enlarge the city's finest brothel, now that Saigon has been shut down as a sin capital). The distinguished wife of a provincial governor snatched the microphone from Norodom's hands and told the congress: "Let's face the truth. We know it's impossible to suppress effectively prostitution in our country...
...biggest private bank, had the biggest profit of all. It went into 1956 with resources of $9.7 billion, earnings of $66 million, both at all-time peaks. Another record-breaker: Armour & Co., after a slump in 1954, pushed to a $10.1 million profit in 1955 for a 549% gain...
...club was born when several freshmen who had played bit parts in the HDC production of Macbeth thought they would benefit by the experience which they could gain in a production of their own, and spoke to John A. Ballard, proctor in Thayer Hall, who agreed to help them get started...
Throughout the game Matthews showed a greater ability both to shoot and to gain control of the ball. Led by James, the team sank a much higher percentage of penalty shots than did Mower. Matthews' tight defense kept Mower scoring down to three points to only three points in the game's second period...
Mower topped the American league by crushing Straus North, 39 to 7, while third place Grays upset second place Weld South, 48 to 31, to gain a tie for the runner-up slot...