Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Martz thanked Burgin for his work with the orchestra. "One year under him has been wonderful," Martz said, "but since he could not stay, we hope to gain in Mr. Poto a man with similar professional standards and with time to meet the demands of the orchestra...
...right, he will not quibble about terms. One time when Murchison was trading some life-insurance and oil properties with a partner named Toddie Lee Wynne, they were $498,000 apart on price. They flipped a coin for the difference. Wynne won. But Clint made a fat capital gain anyway...
...either to reform McCarthy or destroy him as a political force. This was still doubtful as little as two months ago. At that time, the President's strategists were well portrayed by the cartoon of an elephant pacing to and fro before a picture of Joe, muttering, "Will he gain me votes or lose them?" But since then, various activities of McCarthy have been criticized by Eisenhower's Vice-President, his Foreign Aid Director, and his Secretary of Defense. His political worth has been questioned by no less a man than Chairman Hall of the Republican National Committee. Insofar...
...ranking sociologist last night said that the recent Supreme Court decision abolishing segregation in public schools would represent a substantial gain in foreign prestige for this country...
Much of the gain came from the growing boom in construction. It swelled to $2.8 billion in April, an alltime record for the month. For the first four months of the year, new building totaled $10.1 billion, up about 1.5% from last year's record-breaking levels. Highway construction shot up 25% from a year ago to $250 million in April. Private housing stepped up last year's fast pace in the first four months to better than a million-unit-a-year clip. The trade magazine Engineering News-Record reported that last week was the second highest...