Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...league squash championship with a 43 and 16 record, managed to win yesterday only in the number one and five positions. First man Lee Folger easily defeated his Yale opponent in three straight games, while George Stone had to win in the fifth and final game to gain the other Eliot victory. Hank Holmes, Nick Ludington, and Maynard Canfield all lost their matches...
...does; in fact, he probably knows upwards of 300 or 350 magic words. I suppose a man's got to save up something for his old age but at least he's willing to part with a big chunk of them at nominal rates. Mr. Davis supplies enough to "gain you that mastery of language that will open the door to your heart's desires" This, of course, is all very fine for Yale, where the book is a standard text in English, Psychology, and ROTC courses. It has been my experience at Harvard, however, that few undergraduates are self...
...always telling jokes? Well, he is a homely fellow and tries to compensate for this drawback by entertaining people with jokes. Compensation is the defense mechanism by which one tries to make up for an inferiority by striving to gain recognition is some other sphere. The inferiority may be real or imagined...
Kruger estimated that Monday's pledges showed a gain of 150 pints over the fall's first day total of 300. "I hope the pledges will pick up in the next few days," Kruger said. "They'll have to to top the fall total of 2,600 pledges," he added...
...Elis took seven out of nine sabre bouts, as the Crimson's season-long weakness enabled Yale to gain half the points necessary...