Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...majority of all nations, I believe, are united in another hope: that every government will abstain from itself attempting, or aiding others to attempt, the subversion, coercion, infiltration or destruction of other governments in order to gain political or material advantage or because of differences in philosophies, religions or ideologies...
...They increased their seats in Sicily's parliament from 30 to 37, giving their regional government, which in Sicily acts in coalition with the Monarchists, an absolute majority. For the Communists, who had been answering losses in northern Italy with the claim that they were gaining in the south, the setback was sharp. They not only failed to gain, but even dropped some 17,000 votes since the 1953 general election. The Communist-Socialist bloc, however, held its 30 seats because. Nenni's -fellow-traveling Socialists picked up 55,000 votes...
...Stocks on the New York Stock Exchange burst through to new peaks as the Bull Market continued its upward surge. The Dow-Jones industrial average (30 stocks) pushed up 9 points last week to close out trading at 437.72, a 32-point gain since Jan. 3. On the New York Times composite average of 50 leading industrial and railroad stocks, the week's final reading broke through to 300.57, the highest closing since Sept...
...States," the Population Reference Bureau, Inc. announced that alumni and alumnae are getting more reproductive every year. The men of '45 now average 1.73 children, which is a 70% jump over the men of '36 when they were ten years out. The women have 1.43 children, a gain of 51% over their counterparts of '36. Most prolific campus, as usual: Utah's Brigham Young University...
...University's conservative clubs will gain an even wider audience for their factional quarrels when an article entitled "Young Conservatives at Old Harvard," by James Reichley 1G appears in the June 16 issue of The Reporter...