Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...story. Harlow sat placidly by, reading from the Oxford Book of English Verse and icily ignored the whole undignified affair, although he looked up at one time and said coldly: "He speaks for himself, not for me." Harlow himself talked only after the police accused him of murdering for gain. Nothing, he announced indignantly, could have been further from the truth-he had killed his mother simply because he hated her and killed his father because he was under Mrs. Fraden's thumb...
...results were spectacular-four straight pass completions good for 116 yds. Though no one was threatening Graham's position as the league's top passer, the exhibition served as a reminder that Graham leads the N.F.L. in passing yardage (2,481), in average gain per pass completion (16.3 yds.), and in percentage of completions...
...with all eight clubs in the American League down from last year and only three of the eight in the National League (Dodgers, Phillies and the transplanted Braves) doing better. Football, for the first time since the advent of television on a national scale, showed an increase: 2.05%. Biggest gain of the year: harness racing, which, despite fall scandals...
...trade policy, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, in a 240-page report, told of stiffening competition from abroad: imports of electrical machinery and equipment increased elevenfold between 1939 and 1952, while exports only quintupled. In the first six months of this year imports increased by 50%, v. an export gain of only 9%. But the dollar figures showed that the industry has small cause for complaint: U.S. exports in 1952 totaled $616 million, v. imports of $27 million. And imports are still only a tiny fraction of domestic output (about...
Women can gain employment in the aviation industry in manufacturing, engineering, and passenger service positions. The last is the field most available to women. It includes ticket clerks, space reservations, and stewardesses, the largest category...