Word: gained
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Nine. The Democratic Party, therefore, stands to take a one-seat cushion (44 seats to 43) into the nine remaining Senate races. To gain a tie situation (in which Vice President Nixon's vote would give Republicans control of the Senate), the G.O.P. must win in five of these crucial contests...
...demurrer, if successful, will force the Brattle to appeal its case to the State Supreme Court in order to gain a verdict. A demurrer questions the legality of bringing a suit in court, and if upheld is the basis for having a suit thrown out of court...
...Democrats gain control of Congress next week, however, they will win more than just a chance to re-write the bad legislation of the past two years. They will be able to institute needed measures that were quite forgotten by the 83rd Congress, such as revision of the Taft-Hartley Law and a realistic immigration policy. More important, they will be able to organize both Houses--to replace as majority leaders such arch-isolationists as Senator William Knowland and Representative Joseph Martin. And publicity-happy demagogues like McCarthy, Jenner, and Velde will lose their chairmanships. The security program would proceed...
...myth is easy enough to debunk. It is based on reasoning of the most specious kind. There is, say the myth makers, an unbridgeable gap between the Democratic and Republican parties. If the Democrats gain control of Congress, therefore, the Administration would have its hands tied during one of the most shaky periods of peace the world has ever seen. But the myth simply is not true. The GOP is relying on the President's Midas touch in the hope that everything he blesses will turn to votes. By tacitly lending his name to every politician who marches under...
...Crimson came right back, 62 yards up the field, with sophomore quarterback Phil Haughey under center in the A-formation. The 6'4" sophomore's first two tries were incomplete, but then he connected with another sophomore, tail-back Jimmy Joslin, for a 16-yard gain to the Green 46. After Cowles made two yards Haughey fired a 36 yard pass to Bob Cochran who caught the ball as he fell between the defenders on the eight. After a Sam Fyock to Jerry Marsh pass which had put the ball on the goal line was nullified by a penalty, Fyock...