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Word: gained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harvard star played so brilliantly that Lynch was kept guessing all the time and could never gain his balance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball, Hockey, Squash Teams Victorious | 12/12/1955 | See Source »

...living and three weeks of paid vacation. At this point, the Communist union, which is strong at Renault, found itself enmeshed in ideological confusion. Basic to Communist theory, even if it is hard for workers to understand, is the notion of "progressive pauperization." Under this theory, any substantial gain the workers get must be resisted as evil, because it makes them satisfied with their lot and puts off the proletarian revolution. At the CGT convention last June, this issue was thrashed out, and CGT Secretary General Benoit Frachon, a card-carrying Communist, spoke frankly of the need to "destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Who Wants to Be a Pauper? | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

Head Tutor Brown says he would not be surprised to see the college volunteer movement gain momentum nationally. "The same competition and search for moral reassurance exists everywhere," he believes...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: 'Decline from Ivory Tower' Spurs Hospital Volunteers | 12/2/1955 | See Source »

...frog called out, "Time!" and began to gather up the papers. When he had collected them all, he took them to his desk and began to mark them. He marked the first one A, the second one B, and so on down to F, when he began over gain with A. All this time he kept his eyes tight shut. "So he will be sure to be impartial, the white Rabbit explained to Alice...

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey, | Title: A Half-Century of Harvard in Fiction | 12/1/1955 | See Source »

Botsford also placed seventh in forward passing with his 316 yards gained, and fifth in punting. The Crimson back made 19 punts for an average gain of 31.1 yards. Benham won the forward passing championship and Penn's Lebengood took the punting title...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Botsford Places in Final Ivy Statistics | 12/1/1955 | See Source »

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