Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cooper-Barkley campaign. Although the durable old Veep is in vigorous health, the indisputable fact that he is 24 years older than his opponent will weigh heavily against him with many voters. He is only a few pounds overweight (190 Ibs.), but, as he rumbles, "I always gain weight on campaigns. Out visiting these people, they put on the table Kentucky ham, fried chicken, turnip greens, boiled potatoes, three-story cake and the other good eats. It's hard for a healthy man to resist." Barkley recognizes in Cooper a formidable opponent, and he realizes that it has been...
...cold, cruel prospect is that the free world is close to another big retreat before Communism. To pretend that the Communist diplomatic and military gains are insignificant would be the worst kind of self-deceit. The U.S. can gain its greatest strength and unity if it clearly recognizes that the Communists are being appallingly successful, clearly understands that there is not much leeway left for further retreat...
...From Government and business last week came other cheerful figures. A sudden surge in auto sales in the last ten days of May cut stocks of unsold cars to the lowest level since February, the first such drop in six months. In Pittsburgh, steel production showed the biggest weekly gain of the year (current rate: 73.2% of capacity). In Chicago, Sears, Roebuck confirmed what Arthur Burns had to say about inventories. It announced that for the last month it has been buying more than it has been selling, reversing a policy started last September of living off its inventory...
...turn the 100 acres of rice into 1,000 and the1,000 into 2,000. By last year, his vision and enthusiasm had helped the Greeks put 4,000 acres of the Anthele plain under cultivation. For the first time in history Greece was able to export rice. The gain to the Greek economy on an original...
...recommended recognition in 1949 and I still think it would be worthwhile. But I don't think it will gain us very much now. It would be a mistake to think one legal move can solve this whole problem," Fairbank said...