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Word: gained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week had given Yale the best defensive record in the country, makes the Dartmouth loss seem more like a cold than cancer. The Yale line was good last year, it is even better now. Few teams have been able to go through it, most, in order to gain, have had to go over it. Bill Beagle, whose thoughtless refusal to kick barefoot has disappointed thousands of spectators completed four touchdown passes last Saturday...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/5/1953 | See Source »

...indicated these actions are unlikely, as they entail too much "loss of face" for the Chinese. "The need to restore face will force Mao to try for some gain, such as the Security Council seat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fairbank Accuses Russia of Trying To Isolate China Reds From West | 11/4/1953 | See Source »

Some rules for getting maximum tax deductions from gifts: ¶ Capital assets that have gone up in value should be given directly. The donor thus pays no tax on the capital gain, and he can take an income-tax deduction for the full value of the gift. ¶ Capital assets that have dropped in value should be sold, and the cash given to charity. Thus the donor deducts both a capital loss and the value of the gift from his tax bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: The Blessings of Giving | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

...bought for only $1,000,000 twelve years ago by the Cullman family's investment trust, Tobacco & Allied Stocks, Inc. Since Cullman, his brother Howard, chairman of New York's Port Authority, and their relatives own more than 50% of the trust, their net capital gain is in excess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Two Men on a Horse | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

...score, the crowd, which had seen the Bank kick off the Blood Drive before the game, watched Brian Reynolds open the Combined Charities campaign with a series of quick kicks.Fullback JOHN CULVER, (34), running like a halfback on this play, breaks away from Davidson tacklers for a 30 yard gain in the third quarter of Saturday's game...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Jordan Faces Replacements, Possible Formation Changes | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

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