Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Earlier in the week, McNamara had charged Wray with "selling out his union" to the American Federation of Labor. For the second straight year, the A.F. of L is attempting to gain control of HUERA's membership...
Apley Court defeated Thayer South 48-22 Wednesday to gain the championship of the freshman intramural basketball league...
...National A.A.U.'s 66th annual indoor track & field meet last week, 27-year-old Bob Backus stepped into the chalked circle to try his luck again. Spinning twice to gain momentum, he made a mighty heave of 64 ft. 4 3/4 in. The lead ball was the proper weight this time, but Backus was again doomed to disappointment: one of the chain links that joined the ball to the triangular-shaped handle had spread, and the overall length of the chain was 3/16 of an inch longer than the 16-inch length required by the rules...
...middle of February. However, many of those who sold stocks short were merely protecting profits until the present clouded outlook clears. For example, an investor with a paper profit in a stock sells it short. If the stock falls, the loss is made up by his gain on its short sale...
Individual champion Roger Campbell, Princeton's number one man, let the varsity's first man Larry Brownell gain a two game-to-one lead and an 8-2 advantage in the fourth, before turning on the brilliant display of speed, pressure, and accuracy which brought him the victory...