Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...though partisan spirit may be the madness of many for the gain of the few, the political memory of the typical voter is notoriously short...
George Witte, a senior council member who proposed the motion, told the council that Rutgers had everything to gain and nothing to lose by such a petition...
...Roman Catholic official mind. One example must suffice here. The Roman Church officially upholds the plain teaching of Christ against remarriage after divorce. But in practice it allows it by means of various legal devices-chiefly by multiplying the possible reasons for annulment. Thus the Roman Church manages to gain on the one hand the reputation for strictness, but on the other is able to allow the remarriage of those it particularly desires to please...
...broad sweep of topics and reading from which to choose, almost every student can find at least one General Education course in each area that explores much material new to him. Nor in re-reading familiar material does the student necessarily waste his time, since he is likely to gain fresh insight to the texts...
...college administrations feel that they are currently bidding for brilliant students just as they might bid for good halfbacks. In an attempt to gain eventual prestige they are trying to lure in students who they feel will eventually make...