Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dean Bundy, who will chair the three specific committees as well as the CEP, said yesterday that the groups hoped to be able to present reports in the areas by Christmas. The move represents, he indicated, a desire by the President to gain the views of respected members of the faculty on problems that must be faced if the College is to increase its size...
...professor succeded in attending sessions of several Soviet courts but never could gain admittance to the Supreme Court. This tribunal, unlike its American counterpart, meets only in closed sessions. Even a special request to the Vice-President of the Court, who gave a dinner in honor of Berman and of United States Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, did not get Berman admitted to one of the closed sessions...
...first play from scrimmage, Simourian, running from a single wing to the left, knifed down to the five. Gianelly bucked to the three, but on third down, Botsford was stopped for no gain. With just one play left in the half, Botsford threw a pass to Leo Daley in the end zone, which DeGraaf successfully broke up. The Crimson was also guilty of pass interference on the same play...
...averages, industrials plummeted 31.89 points, rails 11.15 points, utilities 2.46 points; in industrials the nose dive just about matched the drop that occurred when the market first collapsed in 1929. Overall, the composite average of 65 stocks showed a drop of 10.76 points to 162.75. Half the entire 1955 gain had been wiped out. The depreciation on 1,500 stocks listed on the Big Board amounted to a staggering $14 billion and the sharpest break since October 1929, when losses hit $16 billion...
Felix Krull is a man of talent and a man of desire. He uses the first to gain the second with a total disregard for social or ethical mores. He achieves his ends with a remarkable facility and lack of effort...